Question

Ginger is a United States citizen who paid the following foreign income taxes: $10,000 tax paid to England on consulting fee income $5,000 tax paid to Spain on earned income for which she claims the foreign earned income exclusion $1,000 tax paid to France for which she claims the foreign housing exclusion These were Ginger's only sources of income during the year. Her U.S. tax liability was $23,000. What amount of foreign tax credit can she claim on her return

Answer 1

Answer:

$0

Explanation:

Ginger has to choose between claiming a tax credit of a deduction for income taxes paid to foreign countries. She has already claimed a $5,000 foreign income exclusion (for taxes paid in Spain), and she has already made the deduction for the $1,000 paid in taxes to France. She can also claim a deduction for the $10,000 paid in taxes to England.

Since she already claimed tax deductions, she can no longer claim a tax credit, it is either one or the other.