ahoy visitors from the future!
after a little more focused digging (thanks to the hints from this thread!) i was able to find what i believe is the answer to my clarification question i just recently posted above:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-to-report-foreign-earned-self-employment-inco...
as explained there you have to be careful how you select the answer to the question "What Form(s) Was Foreign Income Reported On?" in the Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion section: if you select "A Form 1099-MISC or other self-employment income" that will correctly look for the original income in a Schedule C and not double the income incorrectly. but check the above mentioned thread for the specifics and to give credit where credit is due 🙂
thanks again for the help here to everyone involved!
