Foreign Tax Credit Computation Worksheet bug?

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April 10, 2024
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I have qualified dividends from foreign stock reported on 2 1099-DIVs (from TD & Schwab) with foreign taxes withheld. I don't know by what miracle I managed to enter everything in Step-by-Step (despite the unbelievably convoluted way it handles permutations of countries & 1099-DIVs--I have RIC & Japan on Schwab's and RIC on TD's), but the Foreign Tax Credit Computation Worksheet (open at the bottom of the screen) appears correct.

However, I am stuck on the Any foreign source qualified dividends or long capital gains? question (line h of the Worksheet. It correctly prefilled "Total foreign income for this category", showing $32 for RIC & $288 for Japan; everything is qualified dividends, so the numbers it is asking for below should be the same, but when I enter $32 under RIC & $288 for Japan, it complains in red (in RIC column) This field should be at least $320. When I make it (incorrectly) $320, it says in red in RIC column This field should be no more than $32.

With either error displayed, I cannot Continue. Please, advise...

TurboTax Home & Biz Windows

Best answer by mstruzak

Hmmm, here is what I did this time:

Start over from the stuck screen by clicking Deductions & Credits on top, then I'll choose what I work on
Scroll 3/4 down and click Update for "Foreign Taxes"
Click Continue
Tick off both "You have no more foreign taxes to enter other than those you already entered on a 1099-DIV, 1099-INT, 1099-OID, or a Schedule K-1" and "You have bno foreign tax credit carryovers from earlier years ..."; Continue
Click Continue on the next screen saying "You Can Take the Foreign Tax Credit"
Take a Credit
Then it tells me what my credit is & advises my election to take it without Form 1116 is only valid in 2023

In other words, i'm unstuck, but can't tell how & why. I possibly didn't tick off the right boxes in #4 above... At any rate, this solves my issue.

rogge1722

Employee

Are you certain that both the RIC & Japan are 100% qualified only? TT initially asks for foreign Ordinary Dividends which includes both unqualified and qualified dividends. Schwab's year end summary takes Ordinary dividends and separates them into sections; unqualified and qualified. if the RIC & Japan both have qualified and unqualified dividends and most do, they will appear twice and if so the sum would be entered in the interview.

mstruzakAuthor

Yes, both 1099-DIVs have the same amounts in 1a & 1b, in addition TD explicitly breaks down Nonqualified (0.00 in my case) & Qualified on Foreign Income and Taxes Summary. Regardless, the fact that the same date produces conflicting error messages indicates an issue. The correct value is $32 & generates "This field should be at least $320." error; when I change the value (just for kicks & giggles) to $320 like it says, clicking Continue generates "This field should be no more than $32." If that's not a bug, I don't know what is...

For completeness, I will start over & take another pass, then report back here.

mstruzakAuthorAnswer

Hmmm, here is what I did this time:

Start over from the stuck screen by clicking Deductions & Credits on top, then I'll choose what I work on
Scroll 3/4 down and click Update for "Foreign Taxes"
Click Continue
Tick off both "You have no more foreign taxes to enter other than those you already entered on a 1099-DIV, 1099-INT, 1099-OID, or a Schedule K-1" and "You have bno foreign tax credit carryovers from earlier years ..."; Continue
Click Continue on the next screen saying "You Can Take the Foreign Tax Credit"
Take a Credit
Then it tells me what my credit is & advises my election to take it without Form 1116 is only valid in 2023

In other words, i'm unstuck, but can't tell how & why. I possibly didn't tick off the right boxes in #4 above... At any rate, this solves my issue.