THE TAX CUTTERY® Guide to Federal Income Taxation

by Paul D. Diaz, EA, MBA · Enrolled Agent, admitted to practice before the IRS


Glossary · IRC §901 · 26 U.S.C. §901

Foreign Tax Credit

From THE TAX CUTTERY® Guide. Principal treatment in Chapter 4: Credits — Direct Offsets to Tax.

Foreign Tax Credit (Section 901) — Prevents double taxation of foreign-source income by crediting foreign income taxes against U.S. liability.

In the Guide

This section is treated in Chapter 4. The published chapter summary is the source of the definition above. The full reasoning, citations, and worked examples are in the book.

Related in this chapter

Cite as: Diaz, Paul D. THE TAX CUTTERY® Guide to Federal Income Taxation, Professional Edition, Chapter 4: Credits — Direct Offsets to Tax. IRC §901 (26 U.S.C. §901). taxguide.tax/irc/901

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