Historically the requirement was that you had to be out of the country for the 330 days to meet the Foreign Earned Income, however in 2018 Congress passed the law that allowed civilian employees, contractors, and Red Cross Members to claim for an waiver/exemption of the 330 days as long as they were deployed into a designated U.S. Armed Forces combat zone. I was following up to the original question posed, which I followed up tonight, and aske for the clarity as reference below. My member ID is BeeGee. Please advise.
For clarification...You're saying that this waiver actually waives the requirement of having to stay out of the country for 330 days as long as you're deployed into a U.S. Armed Forces combat zone for that timeframe? Second, I'm trying to e-file it using a downloaded version of Turbo Tax, but it is continually to error off. Can you help me resolve the error, or advise as to what corrective steps that I might need to take?
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/new-law-m[product key removed]t-zone-contract-workers-qualify-for-forei...
