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Deductions & credits

Foreign source income is covered under investments in Publication 550 (2019), Investment Income and Expenses ...

If you show the money was sitting there to earn income, you should be fine. A checking account full of transactions would not be a good investment account while a savings account might be. The IRS pub lists all the investments covered.

 

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