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If you are entering foreign tax on wages, if they are on a W-2 you need to first enter the W-2 in the W-2 section of TurboTax and indicate that you worked outside the US.
If you did not have a W-2, you need to enter your UK wages under foreign earned income exclusion section in TurboTax (enter foreign income in the search box at the top of your screen and click the Jump to link). This will take you to Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion under Less Common Income under Wages & Income.
After you enter your foreign income in this section a few screens later it will ask you, Would You Like to Try and Exclude Your Foreign Earned Income? If you do not wish to use the exclusion, then click NO, I know I don't qualify to exclude my income. (Please note that if you have been using the foreign earned income exclusion in previous years and do not use it this year, you in effect have revoked it and cannot use it for another 5 years).
To report your foreign taxes paid on wages for foreign tax credit:
According to the instructions for Form 1116, https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1116.pdf
Does TurboTax allow to upload a PDF form to show the foreign tax paid? I was told that "If you are taking a credit for other foreign taxes paid or accrued in Part II, column (p), then you must attach a statement identifying these taxes."
Unfortunately you cannot add an attachment to an e-filed tax return. TurboTax doesn't provide this feature. Your best (I think only) choice is to print and file the return by mail, including the attachment.
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