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Box 16 (D and F) conflict. However, you have an additional issue to consider. You have 16 Q. That is foreign taxes accrued, not paid. By default, we report foreign income and taxes when paid, not accrued. If you want to change to the accrual method, you can select it on f1116. But it raises 2 problems. Once you select accrued, you  can't reverse it. This means that you cannot use foreign taxes paid from a 1099 or any other source now or in future.  Also it cannot be split. It's either all accrued or all paid. Most users elect to retain the default "paid." If you choose to remain as is, then there is no reason to fill out f1116. So the simplest way is to elect not to fill out f1116. To do that, in Forms Mode, bring up the K-1 partner. Scroll down to 16 Foreign transactions. Just above 17, there is a quickzoom to enter additional info. Click on it to bring up the Additional info wks. Under the header Codes P,Q etc,. locate 3a.  It states "do you elect to forego completion of f1116". Check the Yes box. . After doing so, all errors will be cleared. 

Since accrued means the taxes were owed but not paid in TY2018, it is reasonable to assume that they will be paid sometime in TY2019, so you can claim it next year as paid.

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