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Deductions & credits
Yes, you do not report Credit cards on the FBAR or Form 8938.
Specified foreign financial assets include the following assets. 1. Financial accounts maintained by a foreign financial institution. 2. The following foreign financial assets if they are held for investment and not held in an account maintained by a financial institution. a. Stock or securities issued by someone that is not a U.S. person (including stock or securities issued by a person organized under the laws of U.S. possession). b. Any interest in a foreign entity. c. Any financial instrument or contract that has an issuer or counterparty that is not a U.S. person (including a financial contract issued by, or with a counterparty that is, a person organized under the laws of a U.S. Possession).
Please review page 7/16 of the IRS instruction for Form 8938 for a more complete list of foreign-specified financial assets.
Also, review the link below:
To prepare Form 8938 in TurboTax:
ling Form 8938 is only available to those using TurboTax Deluxe or higher. To get to the 8938 section in TurboTax, refer to the following instructions:
- Open or continue your return if you're not already in it
- Search for 8938 and select the Jump to link at the top of the search results
- On the Foreign Financial Assets screen, select Yes, I have foreign financial assets
- Answer yes or no to living in a foreign country, and select Continue
- Answer yes or no to the amount of foreign financial assets, and select Continue
- Carefully follow the instructions. If you need Form 8938, we'll fill it out for you
See the link below for more information:
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