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Deductions & credits
Enter your income as self-employment income, the same as US self-employment income.
Here's how to do it:
- Type self-employment income in Search in the top right
- Select Jump to self-employment income
The foreign earned income exclusion is only available to US citizens or resident aliens who work overseas for 330 days within a 12 month period or are residents of another country.
You will also pay US self-employment tax unless you are not a US citizen or resident alien. Any alien who wishes to claim an exemption from U.S. Social Security taxes and Medicare taxes because of a Totalization Agreement must secure a Certificate of Coverage from the social security agency of his home country and present such Certificate of Coverage to his employer in the United States.
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March 7, 2022
5:37 PM