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Deductions & credits

Thank you for your reply.


> under " Other uncommon incomes", select "Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion"

I did this and entered self-employment income and employed income. I am excluding "neither of us" because I want to use the "credit" method (I do not use form 2555 at all). After I am done, the income overview shows under foreign earned income my employed income, and under self-employment, my wife's profit.

I then enter foreign taxes paid under deductions, once under the general category, and once for the passive income category.  From the calculations I can tell that I got foreign tax credit for the employed income, but not for the self-employment income.

Any thoughts?