Hi,
Regarding what you said about: "you should have entered your foreign earned income before entering the foreign taxes paid."
I did not have any foreign earned income. I did not earn anything in Italy in 2018. I was on a visa that did not allow me to work but I still had to pay Italian taxes (on my savings in the US) due to having residency in Italy.
I am not well versed in these accounting terms, but I think what you saying here:
"US unearned income, such as interest or dividends, are not excluded from being taxed in the US even if you have foreign earned income be excluded..." is that I even if I did fill things in correctly regarding the taxes I had to pay in Italy, that it may be normal to also see that I owe some tax in the US even though I had thought that was not possible due to Italy’s double taxation agreement with the US and how it ensures that I will not be taxed twice on my income... is that what you are saying ?
