I just tried duplicating your scenario -- (a) enter $85,000 as foreign earned income { personal --> income --> I will choose what I work on --> No W-2 --> continue --> List of income categories , down at the bottom, "Less Common Income" --> Foreign Earned Income and exclusion -- Start--> answer all questions for the next few screens ); (b) claimed tax home established 01/01/2017; (c) test period for Physical presence test 01/01/2018 thru 12/31/2018 ; (c) my 1040 shows line 1 -- $85,000, line 6 negative $85,000 standard deduction, on line 8 and the rest is zero which makes sense. This may not be eligible for e-filing . Please add interest income of $1 -- that will make AGI positive and hence eligible for e-filing.
Is this what you are seeing or only issues on 2555? My 2555 is properly filled out.
So tell me more of what you see ---- I cannot see your screen and depend on your description of the issue.
