Form 2555 FEIE and Housing exclusion

[robertone139]

Hallo all again,

My foreign employer is separating pay and housing allowance in my payslip, I am a bonafide resident of a foreign country as I live there (here) year round.

The question is, what do I enter on line 19 of form 2555, just the pay or the combined amount of allowance and pay?

I know that the allowance itself goes on line 34 in Part VI.

Depending on which amount to be entered on line 19 (27) there is a huge difference on the final taxable amount in Form 1040.

[DaveF1006]

On line 19, enter the pay received, not the housing allowance. For the housing allowance, enter on line 34 in Part V1.

[robertone139]

Thank you @DaveF1006 

Yes pay, but which pay.

Let's say that my total pay is 215,000 $ and out of that 70,000 is my allowance to line 34, what goes on line 19 (and 27), 145,000 or 215,000?

Thank you.

[DaveF1006]

Line 19 and 27 would be reported as $215,000.  

@robertone139