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Deductions & credits
For questions 1 and 3, the answer is yes. you will report the gross proceeds on that form 8949 in Turbotax desktop Premier as follows
Wages and income
Less Common income
then; Sale of your main home
then Sold A Home
then Adress of the Home you Sold-put the foreign adress
then here
Then to claim the foreign tax credit, you would do as follows;
Type in the magnifying glass in the upper right hand corner foreign tax credit
then hit Jump to foreign tax credit
then Foreign Taxes
then Tell Us About your Foreign Taxes
then Foreign Taxes
then Do You Want the Deduction or Credit, say take the Credit
then Reporting Foreign Taxes Paid
then No Other Income or Expenses, hit No
then Completing form 1116
then Foreign Tax credit worksheet
then Choose Income type, General category income
then Add a country
then Country name
the Other Gross Income- don't put in anything as you already entered the income on Sch D
then continue, continue and continue till you hit this screen
And that's where you enter the taxes paid on the property.
As far as filling out Form 3520, it seems that it is a requirement for "trusts" and gifts if you as a US citizen receiving from a nonresident alien 100,000 or more. No where do you mention whether this inherited property was set up in some kind of trust or what have you. As far as considering the inherited property as a gift, gifts and inheritances are treated entirely differenty for federal tax purposes. For example there is a gift tax for a mother gifting a property during her lifetime. while there is an estate tax applicable only at the time of a mother's death. Like in your situation. you would only be taxed on the profits incurred from this inherited property as U.S. tax offsetted by the foreign tax paid on this profit in the other country. In your situation, since the actual gift you received from your nonresident siblings is less than 100,000, you would not be required to file Form 3520. See HERE Who Must file #4
Good luck!
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