@rwh03001 as I have mentioned above, the FEIE ( Foreign Earned Income Exclusion ) does push you into a higher bracket for the unexcluded or US remaining income. Also unless your host country has a totalization treaty with the USA, you are still subject to Social Security and Medicare ( except in this case like self-employed in the US called SECA,, you pay the whole amount at 15.3% ) but you get an adjustment of 50% of SECA on your AGI.
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