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Dear @MarilynG1 ,   My question is about foreign income amounts reported on Form 2555 that flow into Form 1116. Your screencap shows blank entries for columns A & B in the "Income Excluded on Form 2555 Smart Worksheet" box. What happens once you fill those in by selecting “Taxpayer’s” in both columns A & B (assuming you have unexcluded Foreign Earned Income reported on Form 2555)?   Note that “Unlinking Form 2555 [from Form 1116 via the Smart Worksheet discussed above] entirely is also not a solution because TurboTax provides no other mechanism for adding back the excluded FEI on [Form 1116] Line 3d. This occurs in (at least) TurboTax versions 2023, 2024, and 2025” (quoted from my original question).   There appears no mechanism (except  manual override of Form 1116 Lines 1a and 3d) in TurboTax to correctly disaggregate income between countries for income reported on Form 2555.

EIC Qualifications https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-credits-deductions/qualifications-earned-income-credit-eic-eitc/L7w4BFP32_US_en_US?uid=m0e5koqu Both your earned income and adjusted gross income (AGI) may not exceed: $19,104 if you're not claiming a qualifying child ($26,214 if filing jointly) $50,434 if you're claiming one qualifying child ($57,554 if filing jointly) $57,310 if you're claiming two qualifying children ($64,430 if filing jointly) $61,555 if you're claiming three or more qualifying children ($68,675 if filing jointly)

Yes  unless you make too much income.  The new Senior Deduction is separate and in addition to the Standard Deduction or your Itemized Deductions on 1040 line 12e. The 6,000/12,000 senior deduction will be calculated on 1040 Schedule 1-A page 2 Part V Enhanced Deduction for Seniors which goes to 1040 line 13b. Turbo Tax automatically includes it if you qualify.   The maximum deduction is $6,000 for each person 65+. The phaseout is 6% of the amount by which MAGI exceeds $75,000 for single or $150,000 for married filing jointly (MFJ). The MAGI is normally the same as your AGI on 1040 line 11 but with some Foreign items from Form 2555 added back in. On a joint return the phaseout is calculated separately for each person, so the 6% phases out for each spouse. You can not get it if you file MFS Married filing Separate.