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Yes, for FTC, PTO is not the greatest in many ways, especially when it comes to more complicated cases, although it's still better than PS and many other professional tax software out there.
I think the problem with F.1116 is that Lacerte/PTO follow what's on F.1116 but there's no reference on the Form or the instructions for 1291Tax. Intuit should really have referred to §1291 and Prop. Reg. §1.1291-5.
PTO (and even Lacerte) doesn't allow for adjustment or override for Line 20 of F.1116. The only way is to adjust the numerator on Line 16. You can make it exact, down to the dollar for the most part.
Here's how it will work out in your example:
Not ideal but that's the workaround until Intuit feels it is important enough to fix Lacerte/PTO (which is unlikely given the number of similar questions we've seen here). For a lot of folks, this may not even be material provided their clients are not in a high tax jurisdiction and it is unlikely there'll be FTC carryback even when there's excess limitation.
PTO does not really do much for 1291TAX. In fact, F.8621 in PTO is almost a dumb form. You have to run all the computations offline and plug in the numbers. The "smartest" things it does are to flow the 1291TAX you entered to F.1040 Line 12a and the 1291INT you input to Sch 2. You still have to manually input the rest everywhere else.
If you have numbers on F.1116 for 1291, you must have entered some numbers somewhere. You may want to double-check your entries.
If you could offer more info, someone may be able to take another stab at it.
Thanks for the reply.
I do all the 8621 computations offline and then plug the numbers on the form. So the 1291TAX that is added to the 1040 is correct. However, since all my income on the return is from Foreign Sources, PTO assumes that the available tax credits from the 1116 can cover the total tax, i.e. regular tax + 1291TAX. I my idea was to adjust the foreign income on the 1116 for the excess distribution amount that generates the 1291TAX but that still leaves some of the 1291TAX being credited with Foreign Tax Credits from the 1116. It seems a better solution than eliminating the complete 1291TAX with FTC but still not 100% accurate in my estimation.
For example:
1291TAX = $1,000
1291 Interest = $50
Regular tax = $10,000
FTC Available = $13,000
Total Tax on Line 12a = $11,000
Regular FTC should cover $10,000
Net Tax Payable = $1,050 (TAX + INTEREST), HOWEVER, PTO applies $11,000 of FTC available for Net Tax Payable = $50
Yes, for FTC, PTO is not the greatest in many ways, especially when it comes to more complicated cases, although it's still better than PS and many other professional tax software out there.
I think the problem with F.1116 is that Lacerte/PTO follow what's on F.1116 but there's no reference on the Form or the instructions for 1291Tax. Intuit should really have referred to §1291 and Prop. Reg. §1.1291-5.
PTO (and even Lacerte) doesn't allow for adjustment or override for Line 20 of F.1116. The only way is to adjust the numerator on Line 16. You can make it exact, down to the dollar for the most part.
Here's how it will work out in your example:
Not ideal but that's the workaround until Intuit feels it is important enough to fix Lacerte/PTO (which is unlikely given the number of similar questions we've seen here). For a lot of folks, this may not even be material provided their clients are not in a high tax jurisdiction and it is unlikely there'll be FTC carryback even when there's excess limitation.
How "intelligent" can this forum get? Can't believe a series of numbers for percentage would be taken as SSN and be censored. @IntuitAustin Could you please take a look and fix this? Thanks!
@sowfinancialsoluThe 90.[social security number removed] % censored by the forum is actually 9 0 . 9 0 9 0 9 0 9 0 9 0 9 %.
Thanks for walking me through the steps. Very helpful. The IRS will likely never catch it if it gets all covered by FTC. I have filed returns that way before but the numbers were less than $10 in 1291TAX. Didn't seem worth the effort. In my actual scenario we are talking about 1,700 tax. In relation to taxpayer's net worth, it is still peanuts but they expect to pay some tax 🙂
NP, @sowfinancialsolu! Glad it helps.
Agree the IRS would likely not have found out and a lot of tax practitioners (fully reliant on the software) would not have caught it either.
Cheers!
The other day it removed a zip code it thought was SSN.
For goodness sake, this is a professional forum but the rules are set up by Khoros like this is for some school kids. And the funny thing, which is not so funny, is that Intuit seems to believe that those rules are appropriate.
Thanks for the feedback on this. I have changed up the original filter, hoping this one works better.
Cheers!
Betty Jo
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