@robertone139 thank you for the clarifications. I will edit my response to correct my errors. You have clearly done some good research and and have a better idea of what's going on than post posters.
You are correct about tax bracket range. I incorrectly used the head-of-household column.
Your cite to the 1040 instructions is also correct. My explanation of marginal tax brackets is usually correct, but does not apply in the case of use of the FEIE. (It used to but they changed that a number of years ago.)
I don't know why your mocked up return is showing zero tax due. I'll see if I can work one up and see what is going on. This is why I like doing sample returns. Otherwise there are details one can miss.
BTW don't know if you're using the PC/Desktop version of TT. Most of the volunteers use that because it lets you see the forms, right click for cross-references, etc. I highly recommend it.
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