Taxes on my Belgian income

[bennybiesmans]

I'm an American citizen and I receive retirement income from Belgium where it is taxed.

I'm married and we file our taxes joined. My wife has only income in the US.

Because of the tax treatment between the US and Belgium, I have to declare my wife's American Income in Belgium, but I'm only taxed in Belgium on my Belgian Income.

But in the US we're taxed on my wife's American Income and on my Belgian income. 

I thought we don't have to pay taxes on my Belgian income, because it is already taxed in Belgium. How do I avoid paying twice taxes on my Belgian Income?

[OpeA1]

Hello bennybiesmans!

When using Turbo Tax to prepare your taxes, you can claim the foreign tax credit on the taxes paid in Belgium.

Here is a link to more information:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/military/filing-irs-form-1116-to-claim-the-foreign-tax-credit/L... 

I hope this helps!

OpeA1

[bennybiesmans]

Reading this in the document attached in your answer:

"There are also some taxes that cannot be included in the FTC:

• Taxes on income excluded from your U.S. gross income (If you do not include wages earned in another country as part of your U.S. income, you cannot claim a credit for foreign taxes paid on those wages)

I wonder if I HAVE to declare my Belgian Income in the US because of the underlined text above. This looks to me that I have the freedom to exclude my Belgian wages from our US Income. Do I understand this right?

[bennybiesmans]

I never received an answer on this question.