How do you code a foreign capital gain?

[George4Tacks]

The only thing I can think of is to enter it as a Foreign Capital Gain Distribution in Screen 12. 

Foreign Tax Credit

Foreign Tax Credit

Screen 12; Code 510

If the Pre May 6, 2003 capital gain distribution item relates to Form 1116, enter in the respective input fields the percentage (in .xxxx format) or amount related to the foreign account, income tax withheld (foreign and U.S.), and the date (in m/d/y format) the tax was paid. The program includes the capital gain distribution entered in gross income and also calculates the adjustment to the Pre May 6, 2003 capital gain distribution amount as prescribed by the instructions to Form 1116. You must also enter a Form 1116 item and make an entry in “Name of foreign country”, (code 801) and “Category of income (see table)”, (code 2) on Screen 35, Foreign Tax Credit. The foreign tax and date paid or accrued print on Form 1116, Part II.

[itonewbie]

Is your client's tax home in a foreign country?  If not, what kind of capital gain is it?

Generally, capital gain from the sale of personal properties (not real properties), such as stocks, is sourced to the taxpayer's tax home.