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To foreign pensions on a 1040 I use the other income section.
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Thank you. I was thinking I should use the Other Income line since since both lines (Pension & Other Income) are taxed the same.
Lacerte and Ultra-Tax both allowed the use of their Pension input screens and provided a button to indicate it as Foreign Pension Income, which grayed out the EIN and Foreign Address fields. This enabled the income to be reported on the 1040 Pension Income line.
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The US and UK have a tax treaty that in part says if the pension is a government pension it is taxed in the same way that the US taxes Social Security. You would need to put the income on the SS benefits worksheet, and then put a negative amount in other income with statement "UK pension offset" or something similar. I believe you need to down load form 8833, and attach as a pdf. Might not need form if pension is under $10,000, but not sure you will have to research.
Maybe @itonewbie will weigh in