Hello. I am having the same issue; my country is not listed. I have seen a workaround posted of selecting "Angola - All Others" which will get me through the final checking prior to e-file, but the issue is I'll have a different country listed rather than the actual country the foreign housing expenses occurred. This may cause the IRS to reject the return.
In the online (cloud-based) version of TT, Form 2555 The Philippines or "All Other Countries" are NOT listed as options in the second country drop-down list (M-Z). I have been filing online for several years using TT and have always been able to select the proper country (Philippines), but for tax year 2023, it is no longer an option.
I note on the 2023 Instructions for Form 2555 (Instructions for Form 2555 (2023) | Internal Revenue Service (irs.gov)) the Philippines is NOT listed and the IRS states "If the location in which you incurred housing expenses is not listed in the table, and the number of days in your qualifying period is 365, enter $36,000 on line 29b.", which is 30% of the Foreign Earned Income exclusion ($120,000).
The problem is TT online does not have an "All Other Countries" option and is likely pulling in the list of available countries directly from an IRS data source. Solution: TT online needs to include an option to manually enter the country and the default $36,000 figure for Line 29b.
Can this please be shared ASAP with TT support to implement this seemingly simple fix? I cannot properly e-file until this is resolved.
Thank you!
