@mcruffle agreeing with the general information referred to by my colleague @NCperson , as I see the situation needs some more clarification.
(a) Should we assume that you are an US person ( citizen / GreenCard) ?
(b) you left US on July 29th. 2023 -- was this the date you arrived or was this the first full day abroad ? Which country ? Your foreign tax-home generally starts on the first full day abroad ( first 24 hour date ).
(c) you came back to US on June 9th. 2024 -- again is this the day you left the foreign country or entered US ?
(d) You say you plan to go back on July 27th. Assuming that you have the freedom to change this arrival date and do want to tale advantage of the foreign earned income exclusion, it would have been great if you could have arrive abroad ( anywhere outside of US ) by June 9th of 2024. Correction --- if your test period is July 30th of 2023 ( assuming that your first full 24 hr. day abroad is Jul. 30th 2023 ), through July 30th 2024, then you would meet 330 days abroad around July 15th ( give or take ) ---- Correction is based on relooking at my earlier answer based on prompt from my colleague @NCperson ( thank you )
(e) If you cannot be in your foreign tax home ( full 24 hr. days ) by July 15th then you cannot meet the Physical Presence Test ( a continuous 12 month period satisfying 330 days abroad).
(f) this then leaves you with Bona-fide resident test ( foreign country recognizes you are a resident and IRS approves that ) or you take advantage of foreign tax credit / deduction. Do you need help on this ?
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