Working on my taxes online in TurboTax Deluxe I run into the screen "Tell us about your foreign dividends".
You have entered $309 of foreign taxes paid. Now enter the portion of the xxxxx dividends and distributions that was from a foreign country. Then I enter the correct amount in the box below. Then I selected the radio button that says "Mutual Fund/Regulated Investment Company (RIC). All should be well according to the instructions I read, however then when I check my return it always warns me ...
"Check this Entry" Schedule B form 1099-DIV: Form 1116 copy should be entered. Return to the place where this was entered to correct the entry. A grey shaded box appears (Form 1099-DIV worksheet 2023). Scrolling down to box 7 it shows the correct amount for Foreign tax paid and also the correct amount for (d) Total foreign source income. On line "b" it says "DoubleClick to link to a copy of Form 1116, but double clicking on that or the empty box to the right does absolutely NOTHING. Under line c it says "select which column A, B or C". A is selected automatically but it is grayed out, so I couldn't change that even if I wanted to. This seems to be the only place I have found to enter a Form 1116 but it simply does not work. Why do they make it hard to declare such a simple credit. I try to call turbo tax for support but it wants me to pay another $79 to upgrade turbotax for the live assistance. Do I really need to pay for live assistance when turbotax is simply broken. It would be cheaper just to ignore the fact that I deserve this credit, but it doesn't feel right to have to do that. Any suggestions?
