Foreign Tax Credit Report

The Foreign Tax Credit report displays the withholding tax based on tax eligibility from cash and earned income methods. This report evaluates income at the lot level and assesses holding period requirements and ledger adjustments. The report considers the future activity that causes lots to fail the holding period.

Grid and advanced report views include:

  • Summary income, withholding tax, and failing withholding tax at the issue country level

  • Detail income and withholding tax at the transaction level

  • Failing lots for the holding period

  • Prior exceptions and possible future exceptions

To create the Foreign Tax Credit report:

  1. In Accounting Center, in the left navigation pane, click Reports > Investment Accounting Reports > Income > Foreign Tax Credit Report. 
    You see the Foreign Tax Credit Report panel.

  2. Complete the options on the Foreign Tax Credit Report panel.

  3. Under Result Options, click Grid or Advanced Report for the report view you want.

  4. Click Submit.
    The report results appear on your desktop for the view selected.

Foreign Tax Credit Report Panel Options

A definition of the options on the Foreign Tax Credit Report panel follows.

Option

Description

Option

Description

Search Criteria

 

Entity ID

Specifies a portfolio, sector portfolio, composite portfolio, or Master Fund by the entity ID of the entity.

Entity Name

Specifies a portfolio, sector portfolio, composite portfolio, or Master Fund by name of the entity.

Accounting Basis

Specifies the entity accounting basis. For example, USTAX, GAAP, or IFRS.

Report Type

Specifies the type of date for controlling your report results. Options include:

  • Accounting Date (Default)

  • Month End Date

Report Period

Specifies the time period, date range, or particular date for your report. The time period may be entity specific or security specific, such as fiscal year. Options include:

  • Daily Activity

  • Date Range

  • Fiscal Year to Date (Default)

  • Calendar Year to Date

  • Month to Date

Report Start Date

Specifies the start date for your report results. To use this option, you must select Date Range as your report period.

Report End Date

Specifies the ending date for your report results. The default is today's date.

Data Source

Identifies the data source for income data to use for calculating the report output. Options include: 

  • Original Calculations (Default). The report sources its income data from upstream STAR data tables, namely STAR Income, Cash tables. Additionally this data is linked to Eagle data warehouse lot tables to generate output.

  • Income Staging Table. The report uses income staged data that the income staging process populates for income amounts. The report does not use Eagle data warehouse lot tables because the income staging data is generated at the report required granularity. 

Selection Criteria

 

Report Filters

Allows you to show/hide additional report and security filters. The default is No.

Advanced Report Options

Allows you to show/hide advanced report, group, sort, and format options. The default is No.

Filter Security By

Allows you to show/hide additional report filters. Options include:

  • Security Cross Reference (Default). If you select this option the panel unhides the Xref Type and Xref Security ID fields for data entry.

  • Issue Name. If you select this option, the panel unhides the Issue Name field for data entry.

  • Primary Asset ID. If you select this option, the panel unhides the Primary Asset ID field for data entry.

Other Filters

You can filter results using other filters. Options include:

  • Asset Currency

  • Long Short

  • Investment Type

  • Security Type

  • Processing Security Type

  • Tax Country

Detail Tab Selection

Allows you to select additional views for your report results. Options include:

  • FTC Summary (Default Yes)

  • FTC Detail (Default No)

  • FTC Failing the Holding Period (Default No)

  • FTC Exception (Default No)

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