# Foreign pension income with foreign tax and pension splitting **URL:** \ **Category:** T1\ **Created:** [December 11, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/foreign-pension-income-with-foreign-tax-and-pension-splitting/483 "2015-12-11T23:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BertMulderCGA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/bertmuldercga/32/42_2.png) [@BertMulderCGA](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/BertMulderCGA)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/foreign-pension-income-with-foreign-tax-and-pension-splitting/483/1 "2015-12-11T23:01:15Z")
A client with German pension income has been assessed German taxes for 5 years back… Thus, am doing adjustments to his and her Canadian returns. They are splitting this pension income, and as such are also allowed to split the foreign tax for the purpose of the foreign tax credit. This however is a manual entry on form FTC and thus ends up as a dog chasing its tail. Every time you change the FTC schedule, the optimization has to change… What will it take to change the program, and if it can be done soon, how soon? ---
**Author:** ![Rob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/rob/32/781_2.png) [@Rob](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Rob)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/foreign-pension-income-with-foreign-tax-and-pension-splitting/483/2 "2015-12-22T21:46:34Z")
Hi Bert, We are reviewing the FTC calculation for our January release…we will include the adjustment for the item you mentioned in that release. ~ Rob ---
**Author:** ![gslegge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@gslegge](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/gslegge)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/foreign-pension-income-with-foreign-tax-and-pension-splitting/483/3 "2016-01-28T22:38:49Z")
Hi, this is NB to me for a new client’s estate, in that they have previously paid a German agent to file their taxes in the past, but the principal taxpayer Husband has passed away, Widow wonders what her necessary requirements to file future returns, and what is their past filing going to help\> ---
**Author:** ![BertMulderCGA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/bertmuldercga/32/42_2.png) [@BertMulderCGA](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/BertMulderCGA)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/foreign-pension-income-with-foreign-tax-and-pension-splitting/483/4 "2016-02-08T19:53:43Z")
@Rob Has this been done? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Rob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/rob/32/781_2.png) [@Rob](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Rob)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/foreign-pension-income-with-foreign-tax-and-pension-splitting/483/5 "2016-02-08T20:09:53Z")
Hi Bert, We have it on the list of items for our main T1 developer; due to the complexity of changes we would have to do it will not likely make our upcoming Efile release. We have not forgotten about it - I will update this thread when we do have it resolved. ~ Rob ---
**Author:** ![gebhard99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@gebhard99](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/gebhard99)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/foreign-pension-income-with-foreign-tax-and-pension-splitting/483/6 "2016-02-15T05:30:44Z")
Would really appreciate having this fixed. It’s two months since Bert brought this up. ---
**Author:** ![gslegge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@gslegge](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/gslegge)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/foreign-pension-income-with-foreign-tax-and-pension-splitting/483/7 "2016-03-12T17:53:35Z")
I am still waiting as well, for the German widow who is anxiously awaiting - she is 94 and fading ---
**Author:** ![Rob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/rob/32/781_2.png) [@Rob](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Rob)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/foreign-pension-income-with-foreign-tax-and-pension-splitting/483/8 "2016-03-24T14:45:39Z")
I wanted to provide an update to everyone on this, unfortunately due to the complexity of the change to the FTC calculation - we are going to try to get this in for a release after the end of April. ~ Rob