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@pk maybe I do not understand the point (and admit to being anal about it at this point),   The IRC states:    "(B) the amount of the creditable foreign taxes paid or accrued by the individual during the taxable year does not exceed $300 ($600 in the case of a joint return)"   How can a taxpayer arbitrarily change what their mutual fund or ETF may have PAID in foreign taxes! it was already paid or accured on the taxpayer's behalf!  It's on the broker statement!  What is PAID is out of the control of the taxpayer.  While I can see that a taxpayer can arbitrarily change the credit (to something lower than it otherwise would be and that is after completing form 1116 and not before), I can not see that a taxpayer can arbitrarily change what was PAID.    the IRC doesn't mention the foreign tax credit; it mentions the foreign taxes paid.  Aren't those different things? What I paid may or may not be credited back to me, depending on the math on form 11116, which I do not have to complete if the foreign taxes PAID is less than $300.    Further all the language about carryforward and carry back just means that if I had a carry forward item from last year, and choose not to complete form 1116 (because the taxes paid was under $300), I can't take advantage of the carryforward; if I have carryforward that I want to take advantage of but my foreign taxes paid is under $300, I need to complete form 1116 to do so.    thoughts? 

Yep - those were the instructions I was following originally.  There are 2 suggestions in there (1) Go into 2024 TT Desktop Business and choose QEF from there - that results in the response I posted previously saying that I was trying to access a tax year that is no longer supported, and (2) it gives web link QEF, but that link results in showing a page labeled 2025 for just a second before putting up another page telling me I have an invalid account with a link offering to move my old data forward to QEF 2025.     I'll probably just wait until after I buy TT Desktop 2025 and then see if it lets me see the 2024 forms.   My real issue is that I used QEF thru 2024 TT Business to e-file my S-corp 2024 W-2s, but they showed up at the IRS/SS as 2023 W-2s - so I probably messed up somehow, but I just needed to see what QEF thought I filed. Frustratingly, the confirmation e-mails that I received from QEF/Intuit saying that my W-2's had been successfully filed and accepted DON'T have the YEAR anywhere in the e-mail.   Thanks,    Jeff

In that example the contractor company filed for bankruptcy. In my case the contractor company is ignoring all legal actions the collection agency has tried. I would think that shows a reasonable attempt on my part to collect the debt and can now write it off this year?

@user5924704  No , where and how you received the award is not material.  That is since the award was issued  by a US entity while you were in the US as NRA, it is still US sourced income and therefore generally taxable  income to US. What was the reason for the award ?    Consultation fee. speaker's  fee , help with travel expenses  or what ?  How long were you in the US with ESTA (  visitor  visa ) ?  What were you doing ? Absent any contravening facts, I am still of the view that you need to file a 1040-NR recognizing the income, pay the US taxes and  then in Japan recognize the income as part of your world income and request  Foreign Tax Credit ( against Japan tax ) per  Japan-US tax treaty article " double taxation relief".   Is there more I can do for you ?