@rnad , if I understand you right --
1. you are a US Person, with a foreign ( Sweden ) tax home.
2. You are /were working for a local entity ---( or did you really mean working for a foreign govt.?)
3. You now want to take advantage of FEIE ( Foreign Earned Income Exclusion).
4. To achieve this exclusion ( up to maximum allowed for the year), you have meet one of two tests-------- Physical Presence Test or Bona-fide-Resident. Most people , who are present temporarily use the Physical Presence Test.
5. Physical Presence -- you have to be away from the US for 330 total days in test period of 12 continuous months encompassing the earning period to be excluded. Thus for example you entered the foreign country on 07/01/2025 , then your new tax-home start date is 07/02/2025 ( first full 24 day in the foreign country ). So to exclude your earnings in the foreign country from 07/02/2025 through 12/31/2025, you need a test period of 07/02/2025 through 07/02/2026. You file your return once you have met the 12 month and thereby exclude your foreign income and other costs paid by employer (like housing, cost of living adj., school help etc. etc. ) up to a total excludable amount per year.
6. In TurboTax , you enter your foreign earned income as follows: under personal income tab, choose ( I will choose what I work on", then from "Other misc. income" category select " Foreign Earned Income", this will then walk you through filling out the form 2555 and also enter the income and the exclusion amount.
Is this what you are talking about? Does this make sense ?
Do you need more help on this ?
