Internal Revenue Service United States Department of the Treasury
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Foreign Tax Credit and Completing Form 1116

Completing Form 1116

Part II (continued)

Case Study

John and Mary are residents of Puerto Rico, both under 65 who plan to file as Married Filing Jointly. John is a federal employee who worked in Puerto Rico and earned $43,200. Mary works for a private industry in Puerto Rico and earned $22,000. They prepared their Puerto Rico income tax return and have a Puerto Rico tax liability of $5,700. They will use the accrued method to claim the foreign tax credit.

What would you enter in Part II, checkbox j or k, row A, columns l, t, and u; and line 8 of John and Mary's Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit (Individual, Estate, or Trust)?

Checkbox j or k

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Row A, Column l

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Row A, Column t

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Row A, Column u:

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Line 8:

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John and Mary.