Get your taxes done using TurboTax

You must have foreign income greater than the exclusion amount of $105,900 + your foreign housing amount.

After completing all the screens in the foreign earned income exclusion, you need to go to the foreign tax credit section of TurboTax .

Proceed to the foreign tax credit section of the return 

1. First screen say yes you paid foreign taxes 

2. Go through a couple of screens answering the questions, Tell Us About Your Foreign Taxes say None of these apply Then continue 

3. Click you want the credit 

4. Do all of the following apply , click No as you have foreign taxes to enter 

5. Click through a couple screens and click the income category as General Category income 

6. Add the country where your foreign wages were earned.

7. Definitely Related Expenses , 

8. Enter your foreign taxes paid under Other Income on the Foreign Taxes Paid- Your Country screen

9. Country Summary - click Done 

10. Click through the screens until you come to the screen Reduction in Foreign Taxes, here you must enter your total foreign earned income exclusion (less related deductions)and in the second box enter your Total Foreign Income less related deductions.- This is to allocate some of your foreign tax to the excluded income as you can't take a credit on excluded income.  Form 1116 allocates the credit.