Hi all, I'm trying to file my taxes as a self-employed US citizen living abroad and have problems filing because I "must have a U.S. address in order to register".
Is there a workaround to this? This is extremely frustrating since I spent the whole afternoon doing my taxes only to find out now that I can't go ahead without a US address. I don't have a home, nor friends or family there, so I'm not sure what to do.
I also don't have a US card since I never lived there (I left the country immediately after being born), will that be an issue too?
Lastly, I applied for Foreign Earned Income Exclusion but it does not deduct Self-Employment Tax, even if all of my income was from foreign sources. Is this correct?
Thank you
Try removing Max benefits (if added), you can remove this in the section "Review my order" in the first step of the filing tab.
As a U.S. company, TurboTax does only accept U.S. payments currently (including Apple Pay, which has been a successful work around for some customers - you would need to download the app, pay there, then log back into the main system to utilize this option. Be sure you are logged in with the same user name and password.)
When using the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion it is correct that you still pay self-employment tax.
Thank you for your reply. I had to print it the form out anyway since the software is not allowing me to input that my spouse is a NRA with no SSN or ITIN. The problem is that it is too late to mail it postmarked July 15 now since it's evening where I am.
Are there any plans to change this in the software in the near future?
Also, is it possible to pay online even if I mail in my return?
Thanks