Foreign savings interest

This section is accessed via the Data Input tab within the tax return and allows for input of foreign savings interest. You should add a new section for each country from which foreign interest has been received.

All amounts of foreign income received and foreign tax paid must be entered in sterling.

  • Period start - enter the start date of the accounting period.

  • Period end - enter the end date of the accounting period.

  • Country - start typing the name of the country where the interest arose, and select the country from the list displayed.

  • Is income unremittable? - tick the box if the partnership has income arising outside the UK that it’s unable to remit to the UK because of exchange controls or a shortage of foreign currency in the overseas country, to claim that the unremittable income should not be taxed

  • Description - enter a brief description of the income.

  • Amount before tax - enter the amount before tax.

  • Foreign tax paid - enter the amount of any foreign tax taken off.

  • Total - Taxfiler by IRIS shows the sum of the amounts entered.

To delete a line from the grid, select the ‘trash can‘ icon at the end of the line.