Deductions & credits

Yes and no. You will use the same amount of income you excluded in the first box and total foreign income excluded. The second box will also report the same amount if you excluded all of your foreign income. Differences are reported here in case ‌your income was over the $126,500 threshold and you were trying to claim a foreign tax credit for the excess income over the threshold amount. Your foreign unemployment insurance isn't part of these totals.

Just remember, this is for the income you earned working on a job. You can't exclude your foreign unemployment insurance received because this isn't earned income. This needs to be reported separately.

If you received foreign unemployment insurance, report it here.

1. Log into your account
2. Select Wages and income
3. Less Common income
4. Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099>start
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page to Other Reportable Income
6. Other taxable income, answer yes
7. Then give a brief description of the income and the amount listed. Call this federal unemployment insurance payments and the amount.

To claim the foreign tax credit, go to:

1. Go to Federal
2. Deductions and credits 
3. Estimate and other taxes paid 
4. Foreign Tax Credit>start or revisit
5.  As you go through the screens, when it asks "Tell Us About Your Foreign Taxes" select none of these apply.
6. When it asks if you wish to take the deduction and credit, take the credit.
7. Continue through until you reach a screen that says "No other income or expenses" Say no
8. Continue through until it asks the income type, say Passive Income
9. Next add a country pick Canada
10. Continue through until you report the full amount of the unemployment insurance payments and the foreign tax paid on this amount.