RobertB4444
Employee Tax Expert

Deductions & credits

Yes, and @pk told you that you can remove the social security and medicare by mailing in the return with a 'certificate of participation' from Canada in order to show that you already paid in the equivalent of the social security into the program there.

 

If you're going to enter it on 1040 as 'Other Income' that is the equivalent of the same end result.  As long as the IRS approves it it won't make any difference.  Enter it there and get your foreign tax credit and go forward.  That will probably result in a letter from the IRS asking for more information before they issue the refund but at least the return will be electronically on time.

 

@Sammy25 

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