"Enter Your Foreign Earned Wages", is it brutto income , before taxation or Netto after

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Please enter brutto income (also called gross income) when reporting foreign income. If you paid any foreign tax, you may qualify for a foreign tax credit on income that is not excluded due to foreign earned income exclusion.

To enter worldwide/foreign income in Turbo Tax:

1. Federal Taxes
2. Select Wages and Income 
3. Scroll down to Less Common Income
4. Select Foreign Income and Exclusion - Answer “Yes” to “Did you make any money outside the United States?” and follow the interview questions. You will be asked to enter income from a U.S company, a foreign company, self-employment income, housing allowance, income from a Form W-2, 1099-MISC, schedule K-1 from a business or simply cash income - check the box A statement from my foreign employer (could be cash).

Once foreign income is entered, please follow Foreign Tax Credit data entry:

1. Federal Taxes
2. Deductions & Credits
3. Scroll down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid, select Foreign Taxes