@MYanni11 , agreeing with @AliciaP1 , it would be very nice ( and clean ) if you could start a new thread .
But in the meantime and in general:
1. IRS generally requiring sourcing of income to the place of work -- thus if you are living in California and working remotely for a company in Germany, then the income for IRS purposes is not foreign but sourced to California --- Federal and State.
2. To achieve (a) domestic sourced income and (b) pay FICA /SECA -- Social Security & Medicare taxes at 15.3%, you file as Self-Employed --- Schedule C and Schedule-SE. TurboTax will do all this for you once you tell it that you have Self-Employed income.
3. Additionally is the foreign entity withholds taxes on the income i.e. you pay foreign taxes , you can file form 1116 for foreign tax credit or if you itemize claim these taxes as part of State & Local taxes ( note that this is limited to US$10,000 -- SALT limit).
Does this help ? If you need more help , please consider starting a new thread
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