Foreign dividends section (SA800)

This section is used to record foreign dividends. Add a new section for each country from which foreign dividends have been received. All amounts of foreign income received and foreign tax paid must be entered in sterling.

Refer to the HMRC Self Assessment Partnership Tax Return (SA800) guidance if needed (opens in a new tab).

  1. Open the required tax return, then select the Data input tab.

  2. If the required section is listed, select it and skip the next step. If not, select Add a new section.

  1. On Choose a section to add, under Foreign income, select Foreign dividends.

    2. If the section is crossed through, it has already been added to the tax return. To adjust it the existing values, close the window and select the section on the Data Input tab.

  2. Select or enter the Period start and Period end.

  3. Begin typing the name of the Country where the interest arose, and select the country from the list displayed.

  4. Select Is income unremittable? if the partnership has dividends 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 dividends should not be taxed.

  5. For each dividend, enter a brief Description, the Amount before tax and the amount of Foreign tax paid.

    A new line is automatically added. Unwanted lines can be deleted using the bin icon.

  6. Repeat as required, then select Save changes.