what is the foreign tax credit 
the foreign tax credit ftc is a nonrefundable credit for u s taxpayers who have income overseas that minimizes double taxation since american citizens must pay u s income tax on all sources of income domestic or foreign the ftc offsets some of the foreign tax already paid on the same income 6can i receive a tax refund if i use a nonrefundable tax credit sure you ll still receive the refund that you qualify for but it won t include a reimbursement for any unused portion of your nonrefundable tax credit it also depends on how much tax withholding you ve had during the year nonrefundable credits only reduce the amount you owe in taxes and do not pay you a refund if your tax bill goes to zero and the whole credit has not been used however if you have zero taxable income due to such credits and you paid taxes monthly via payroll withholding you will likely receive some or all of that back as a refund on their own nonrefundable credits cannot generate a refund or be used to increase the amount you would otherwise receive 1