US citizen living and working abroad

foliandrea22 — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:00:17 GMT

Would like some help with my tax return

If you are a US citizen or resident who lived and earned...

LinaJ2018 — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:00:18 GMT

If you are a US citizen or resident who lived and earned wages overseas, enter your wages as foreign income. See instructions below. If you lived outside United States for at least 330 days during 12 consecutive months, you might be able to exclude your foreign income from your taxes. For more information, see Foreign income and exclusion and Extension. For tax year of 2016, the maximum foreign earned income exclusion amount is $101,300.

To enter foreign earned income / exclusion in TurboTax online program:

1. After sign into your account, select Take me to my return

2. At the right upper corner, in the search box , type in foreign income and Enter

3. Select Jump to foreign income

4. Next screen, Did You Make Any Money Outside the United States? answer Yes

5. On screen, What Form(s) Was Foreign Income Reported On ?check the third box and continue to proceed

After the exclusion, if you paid taxes to both US and the foreign country on certain amount of wages or income, you may claim a foreign tax credit on your US taxes.

To enter form 1116, foreign tax credit :

1. After sign into your account, select the orange buttonTake me to my return

2. At the right upper corner, in the search box , type in foreign tax credit and Enter

3. Select the 1st choice on the search results - Jump to foreign tax credit

4. Start with screen Foreign Taxes and select Continue to follow prompts.

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US citizen living and working abroad

If you are a US citizen or resident who lived and earned...