But what to do with a foreign social security pension? I am a US citizen living in Germany. If I understand correctly the US-Germany tax treaty, German SS pension is taxed by US, but at the same (reduced) tax rate as US SS pension. And here is a problem of reporting it in TurboTax: (1) use of substitute 1099-R will lead to regular, i.e. higher, tax rate and generally speaking 1099-R is not the correct form for SS payments ; (2) I could not find an option for substitute SSA-1099. What should I do?
