pk
Level 15
Level 15

Deductions & credits

@yurigul , In general and as a US  person ( Citizen/ GreenCard ) , you can always  use the "resourced by treaty"  for amelioration of double taxation effect.

  Under  Deductions and Credits tab, you choose  " I will choose what I work on" and find  from the list of deductions/credits " Foreign Tax Credit", select this.  This will open the  "step-by-step" questions etc. for filling out the worksheet for form 1116.  Select  " Resourced b y Treaty", enter your  US pension gross income ( before taxes  by either US or Germany .    This will then allow the computation of the  foreign tax credit for US purposes.

Note that  your FTC is limited to the lesser of  actual taxes paid to Germany ( in your case ) or that imposed  by the USA on the same   & doubly taxed income.

 

Is there more I can do for you ?

 

pk