topic Why can't I remove a 2555 form from my return? I'm trying to e-file, but it keeps trying to get me to complete the 2555 form. I don't even want the form included at all. in Deductions & credits

Why can't I remove a 2555 form from my return? I'm trying to e-file, but it keeps trying to get me to complete the 2555 form. I don't even want the form included at all.

kylejo1991 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:57:58 GMT

I do have foreign income, but I don't qualify for the FEIE (foreign earned income exclusion) or the FTC (foreign tax credit), so I don't want or need to file this form. I've gone back through the "Interview" a dozen times trying to clarify or try something slightly different and it never changes the final outcome. I get to the end and it wants to correct a final detail, and it's the same problem with incomplete 2555-S.

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RalphH1 — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:20:50 GMT

(I’m guessing that you tried—among other things—just selecting “No, I know I don’t qualify to exclude my foreign income” on the screen where it asks you about that.) If this isn’t working in the interview mode, then deleting the actual form is the next thing to try.

If you’re using TurboTax Online, click on “Tax Tools” in the left menu, then on “Tools,” then “Tool Center,” then “Delete a Form.” You’ll then be looking at a list of everything on your return, with “delete” links. (If you’re using the desktop version of our program, just go to “Forms Mode,” make your selection in the list, and click on the “Delete Form” button below the bottom left corner of the form itself.)

You’ll want to delete “Form 2555-T,” “Form 2555-S,” and anything else in adjacent lines that includes “2555.” Don’t delete the “Frgn EI Tax Wks” that should be nearby (since you still have foreign income to be included on the return) at this point, but if it still isn’t working you can try deleting that worksheet also (making sure to re-enter it, of course).

I hope this works, kylejo1991, but feel free to re-post if it doesn’t and I or someone else can hopefully think of something else that will!

Re: Why can't I remove a 2555 form from my return? I'm trying to e-file, but it keeps trying to g...

rbhall303 — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:24:05 GMT

Having the same issue, removing form 2555 and 2555-s didn't help.

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BrittanyS — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:47:20 GMT

Can you clarify once you deleted the forms, are the forms added back in, or what rejection are you receiving?

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rbhall303 — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:58:59 GMT

I get the message that I can't e-file unless I fix form 2555-S, as I haven't entered any dates for Income Exclusion (which I don't want). Seems like a lot of people on here are having this problem, and deleting all form 2555's doesn't help.

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DaveF1006 — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:41:15 GMT

You might try this two-tiered process to see if this works.

Click on Federal
Click on Wages and Income
Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
Scroll down to Less Common Income
On Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion, click on the start or update button

Now remove all entries in this section. Make sure nothing exists in this section. Scrub it clean!!!

Now, click on Tax Tools in the black left menu bar at the bottom of the form
Go to tools>delete a form
Delete all forms 2555 and any forms associated with it.
Log out of your return.
Now log back in to see if the 2555 form and all worksheets have been removed from the program.

Let us know if this works.

@rbhall303

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markconnolly — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:07:25 GMT

I am having the exact same issue - there is no way to remove 2555. This is obviously a bug and when will Intuit fix it so I can complete my return.

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angengene — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 17:52:01 GMT

I have tried the two-tier process repeatedly with Turbo Tax Premier and it continues to put 2555 back in even after following each step.

The only thing I think I could do now is start my taxes all over again in a new file - is there another way?

Thank you.

Re: Why can't I remove a 2555 form from my return? I'm trying to e-file, but it keeps trying to g...

DaveF1006 — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:55:01 GMT

Yes, if the two-tiered approach did not work, clear and start over.

Re: Why can't I remove a 2555 form from my return? I'm trying to e-file, but it keeps trying to get me to complete the 2555 form. I don't even want the form included at all.

mjones132001 — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 02:29:06 GMT

I figured something out. I went back in to edit my W-2. I found that I had selected "worked outside of the US" when I should have selected "None of these apply to me". As soon as I changed that, along with deleting it out of my documents using "Tax Tools", it let me file. But what a headache, TurboTax. Isn't ease of use supposed to be one of your selling points?