Internal Revenue Service United States Department of the Treasury
Level Basic Advanced Military International

Foreign Tax Credit and Completing Form 1116

Completing Form 1116

Part I (continued)

Line 1a: Allocation of Income

Some taxpayers are compensated for services performed partly within and partly outside of the U.S. When you cannot segregate their compensation, you apportion the income on a time basis.

  • Use general category income for wages and salaries
  • Determine how much of that income should be considered foreign source by multiplying it by this fraction:

  Number of days worked outside the U.S. for that income

 

  X   total compensation   =   Foreign Income

  Total days worked for that income