If I receive Wages from a foreign country and paid taxes on it all I have to to is fill the 1116 form?

[Alva124]

Hi,

I received a total wages from the UK and Paid the taxes on it. When entering the information on the Screen 35, Foreign Tax Credit (1116) Lacerte I noticed that the refund went up significantly but the AGI did not. 

I entered the total wages under "Other Foreign Source Income" and the total tax paid in the "Foreign Taxes Paid" Section. 

Am I doing this right? The fact that the AGI is not increasing makes me think I am doing this wrong and Lacerte is only picking up the Tax Credit?  Do I have to add the the total wages on screen 10-Wages? 

[sjrcpa · Accepted solution]

Yes you have to report the wages as taxable wages.

Foreign tax credit only applies to mitigate the US tax on income that is also taxed by another country.