If you have foreign earned income that you have paid tax on to a country other than the United States you have paid Foreign Tax. You can claim a credit on your tax return for any Foreign Tax you paid during 2019. Both the credit and the deduction are entered in the same place. Here's what you do: Make sure you've entered all your foreign income. From within your return, search for foreign tax credit and select the Jump to link in the search results. Answer Yes to Did you pay foreign taxes in 2019 or have credits to use from a prior year? Follow the instructions to get the credit or deduction. Filing IRS form 1116 to Claim the Foreign Tax Paid

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If you have foreign earned income that you have paid tax on to a country other than the United States you have paid Foreign Tax.

You can claim a credit on your tax return for any Foreign Tax you paid during 2019.

Both the credit and the deduction are entered in the same place. Here's what you do:

Make sure you've entered all your foreign income.
From within your return, search for foreign tax credit and select the Jump to link in the search results.
Answer Yes to Did you pay foreign taxes in 2019 or have credits to use from a prior year?
Follow the instructions to get the credit or deduction.