Tax return and Spanish withholding tax

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I've been self employed for years so used to completing a tax return. However am a bit stumped, I've inherited a few shares in a Spanish owned power company. I've received just over £47 from the shares and a total of just over £11 in 'Spanish Withholding Tax'. I assume I'm doing something wrong because if I input these two figures into the relevant section of the tax return [not foreign income], I get an error message. I've tried g00gle but couldn't find understandable info that applied. Some was from a number of years ago and I'm not sure if things changed after Brexit.
Can anyone help please?
Can anyone help please?
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"Box 6: Foreign dividends (up to £2,000)
If your only foreign income was any interest in box 3 and dividends up to £2,000 and you’re claiming deduction relief, put the net amount of foreign dividends (in UK pounds) in box 6.
Put the foreign tax taken off in box 7.
If your total dividend income (including UK and foreign dividends) is over £2,000 and you’re eligible to claim deduction relief or Foreign Tax Credit Relief, do not include the foreign dividend in this box. Complete the Foreign pages instead.
It is not possible to use a mix of both tax credit relief and deduction relief on the same income source."
I am a bit baffled by this. If your foreign dividends and UK dividends are under £2,000, there is no UK tax, and so no credit for foreign tax. If you are getting below the £2,000 by deducting the foreign tax, OK, but why then do you need to state the foreign tax figure in box 7? Perhaps it is just too late at night...
• received income from abroad (unless it was less than £2,000 of foreign dividends)
But, relevant to that box, it states later:
Box 6: Foreign dividends (up to £2,000)
If your only foreign income was any interest in box 3 and dividends up to £2,000 and you’re claiming deduction relief, put the net amount of foreign dividends (in UK pounds) in box 6.
Put the foreign tax taken off in box 7.
If your total dividend income (including UK and foreign dividends) is over £2,000 and you’re eligible to claim deduction relief or Foreign Tax Credit Relief, do not include the foreign dividend in this box. Complete the Foreign pages instead.
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