KarenJ2
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Deductions & credits

Unforturnately, you are not allowed to file your return with a Form 2555 until you have met the physical presence test.

 

If you are living in a high tax country, you may be fine just claiming the foreign tax credit instead of the foreign earned income exclusion.  You may wish to try that scenario in TurboTax.

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