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Deductions & credits
@GanaVK , agreeing with my colleague @MarilynG1 for her answer, I would like to point out that if the interest income from a foreign country is through direct investment ( like you owning a foreign bank account ) and not through a broker , the "RIC" or "various" u der source country column is not correct. In such a case because there is NO 1099-INT or 1099-DIV ( Foreign entities cannot use these forms to report income ) but the income was taxed at source, you have to declare these as individual items/lines. Also you may come under FBAR and FATCA regs. depending on the underlying investment amounts concerned.
I am assuming here that you are a US person ( citizen/ GreenCard / Resident for Tax purposes).
Please also note @MarilynG1 's comment about using the safe harbor process if your total foreign taxes paid is =< $300 ( $600 if filing jointly ) -- this is advisable also for a different reason ---- Foreign tax credit allowable for the year is limited by effectively a ratio of total foreign income to world income and almost never will allow 100% for the current year -- the unallowed portion can be used for one year earlier or multiple years forward ( but you have taxed foreign income in those years ).
Does this make sense ?