DaveF1006
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Retirement tax questions

If you reported a ‌foreign tax paid in Box 7 of the 1099 DIV, there is a follow-up screen that asks for foreign dividend information and the country the dividend was paid in. See the first screenshot below that shows how this screen appears. Once you enter the 1099 DIV, the first screen asks if there should be an adjustment made for US based income and the screen that follows asks the amount of foreign dividends. See the first screenshot below that illustrates the appearance of this screen. 

 

Once you enter this information, this will populate in the Foreign Tax Credit section and you will apply the second set of steps I outlined above. 

 

For the foreign capital gains, you would enter this in US income as a stock and bond sale.  In the FTC form, you would need to enter the amount of capital gain income you were taxed on in India as gross income and then the taxes that you paid on the distribution.

 

Just an FYI, as soon as you report your 1099 DIV information in the Foreign Tax credit section, scroll though the program until you reach a country summary page. Here select Add a country and then select add foreign tax. Then you will be able to add the details regarding the capital gains.  Here is the screen you should see after entering your 1099 DIV information.

 

 

 

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