@WiredShut , if the base question ( ignoring the reason i.e. to influence the eligibility of IRA contribution ) is can one choose to exclude ONLY a part of Foreign Earned Income, the answer would be of course you can. Thus you would have both FEIE and a larger unexcluded income (being taxed by both your Tax-Home country and the US ). Note that for US tax purposes, the tax bracket is based on your total world income ( i.e. including the income excluded by FEIE). Therefore ( and because my knowledge on IRAs and other tax advantaged schemes is limited ) I am not sure that you would achieve the benefit you are seeking. I generally defer to @dmertz on Pensions etc.
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