After your nonresident being treated as a resident, on your joint return, you are required to report worldwide income. To enter a non-W-2 foreign income you earned overseas, in TurboTax Premier online edition, please follow these steps:
1. After sign into your account, select Take me to
my return
2. At the right upper corner, in the search box ,
type in foreign income and Enter
3. Select Jump to foreign income
4. Next screen, Did You Make Any Money
Outside the United States? answer Yes
5.
On
screen, What Form(s) Was Foreign Income Reported On ?check the
third box and continue to enter your information
Please also note that If you lived outside United States for at least 330 days
during 12 consecutive months, you might be able to exclude your foreign income
from your taxes. Follow the instructions from above, the program will take you through the process by asking you questions about your foreign income and stay. For more information, see Foreign
income and exclusion and Extension. The maximum foreign
earned income exclusion for 2016 amount is $101,300.
