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How to find the foreign source amount

tianwaifeixian — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:47:46 GMT

I got the following error message asking me to enter the foreign source amount. I looked at my bank 1099-DIV and couldn't find the source amount. Anyone can help me how to fix this issue? Thank you

Re: How to find the foreign source amount

MarilynG1 — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:03:36 GMT

Did you enter an amount of Foreign Tax in your 1099-Div entry?

If so, the supplemental info with your 1099-Div should tell you the amount of Foreign Dividends you received (or it may be a % of your Total Dividends).

Re: How to find the foreign source amount

tianwaifeixian — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:22:47 GMT

The problem is, I can't find on 1099-Div that tells me the source.... Where should I find it?

Re: How to find the foreign source amount

FangxiaL — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:35:44 GMT

You should be able to find the information on the pages that list the details on the dividend income. For example, what stocks or mutual funds/ETFs paid dividends and on what dates. The 1099-DIV form should be part of the composite 1099 forms. The foreign tax paid is typically in the last column on a certain page(s).

@fanchunrong

Re: How to find the foreign source amount

tianwaifeixian — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:56:55 GMT

I see the foreign tax paid, but not anything related to the source :(

Re: How to find the foreign source amount

FangxiaL — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 02:13:30 GMT

You cannot find the foreign income amount on the 1099-DIV form itself, you have to look through the other pages that come with the 1099-DIV. The details will be listed on those pages.

@fanchunrong

Re: How to find the foreign source amount

tianwaifeixian — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 02:39:12 GMT

I did look through all the pages, and still didn't have any luck to locate the information

Re: How to find the foreign source amount

FangxiaL — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 02:53:14 GMT

Did you sell foreign stocks? It could be taxes paid on capital gain. Any dollar amount reported in Box 2a of Form 1099-DIV? If foreign tax paid is reported on 1099-DIV, the tax was paid for either dividends or capital gain.

@tianwaifeixian

Re: How to find the foreign source amount

tianwaifeixian — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 23:54:41 GMT

Yes, I do have a number on 1099-DIV box 2a, and also dividends. But the problem is, how am I supposed to know what amount contributes to the foreign tax??? it is for all the funds and stocks I have, right? And the funny thing is, now I ran the error check, I do not see the error for the foreign tax source, instead, I am seeing the following. I am assuming this is also related to the foreign tax? How am I supposed to fix it?

Re: How to find the foreign source amount

FangxiaL — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:19:31 GMT

When you looked through all the pages, is there any column with the heading "foreign tax paid"? How many pages do you have in that composite 1099s? Is there an ETF or mutual fund invested internationally? If you cannot spot it, list some symbols here and let us know the brokerage house so that we can assist you further in this matter.

@fanchunrong

Re: How to find the foreign source amount

Duglus — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:34:47 GMT

My solution:

There should be a supplemental section in the tax statement which breaks out the details of the summarized 1099-DIV.

Step 1: Identify all entities that were subject to foreign tax. Typically will be in a table titled-

Investment Expenses, Foreign Taxes Paid and Other Fees, or similar.

Step 2: Identify and highlight the (Box-1a) Total Ordinary Dividends paid by an entity that paid foreign tax. Should be listed in a table titled- Dividend Distributions.

Step 3: Add up the Total Ordinary Dividends you received from the entities that paid foreign tax. This IMO is the ‘Foreign Source Amount” of dividends.

'Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.'

John D. Rockefeller