Anonymous
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Reporting foreign earned income for postdoctoral fellowship and 1099-MISC

For the entirety of 2018, I lived and worked abroad. My income of $40,000 was provided under a Postdoctoral fellowship, but I did not receive a W-2 or any other documentation. My University provided this reasoning: "Postdoctoral fellows and trainees are not employees of the University and, therefore, you will not receive a Form W-2 from the University reporting your postdoctoral fellowship or traineeship award."

 

My question is, assuming I qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion (which I believe I do based on the type of work I did and the physical presence test) how do I report this income under the "Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion" section of TurboTax?

 

I also received a 1099-MISC form for another source of income for the same work I did abroad. How should I report this income as well?

 

Lastly, when I report these two sources of income under "Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion", do I need to report them in any other sections of TurboTax (i.e., would I need to fill out the 1099-MISC form section)?

 

Thank you very much.