Anne Fendley

I have dividends from France and Spain, where tax is taken off at source, so claim foreign tax credit relief. , I filled in the "amount of income arising or received before tax", "foreign tax paid", clicked "Yes" for "Do you want to claim foreign tax credit relief and used the pull down menu to enter 15% for the "rate of credit relief allowed", as I was told to do by your advisor on this forum last year and it would automatically work out the amount I could claim as a basic rate tax payer, which it did then. This year it stated 15% was incorrect for my French dividend. I pressed Add and entered the information for my Spanish one. The same thing happened, but a table similar to last year, containing the information given appeared. However when I tried to " it refused to do so with the notice "There is a problem Please select "Add" to add this set of income details to your tax form or select "Clear" to continue without entering this set of income details. I get the option to Delete the foreign Section. Am I entering the wrong details or should I restart the selection?

But the notes say that I can only claim the rate I would pay in the UK. Does the software automatically drop it down to 8.75%?

I am a basic rate tax payer. In 2022-23 I received a dividend of over £2000 from French shares and less than £200 from Spanish shares (Santander). Both have had withholding tax removed. My understanding is that: There is a double taxation agreement with both countries. I should fill in the foreign dividend section giving the details of the 2 shares separately I can only claim FTCR at the rate I would pay in the UK - currently 8.75%. The pull down section on the online form for the rate I am claiming appears not to have been updated as there is no value of 8.75%. I tried putting in 8% but it gave an error message.It will only accept 7.5%. What do I do? I have tried the HMRC digital help but the computer just refers me to the double taxation agreement. A reply from someone from HMRC please