Foreign savings interest section (SA800)

This section is used 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.

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 savings interest.

    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 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.

  5. For each savings interest, 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.