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Returning Member
posted Apr 16, 2022 3:08:53 PM

I accidentily put in foreign income. How can I remove it?

How to remove foreign income?

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Level 15
Apr 16, 2022 3:13:45 PM

@sheilarobe , income , foreign or domestic all must be reported.  So I don't understand what you mean by trying to remove foreign income --- is it an income or not .  If what you are trying to do is exclude foreign earned income then you still have to report it and  use form 2555 to exclude the income from US taxation.

 

Please can you give more details on what you are trying to do ?

 

pk

Returning Member
Apr 16, 2022 3:35:27 PM

It was not earned foreign income.  I got confused because I was a contractor.  The income was NOT foreign.  I need to remove the foreign income form. 

 

Thank you!

 

Level 15
Apr 16, 2022 3:38:12 PM


@sheilarobe wrote:

It was not earned foreign income.  I got confused because I was a contractor.  The income was NOT foreign.  I need to remove the foreign income form. 

 

Thank you!

 


Delete the Form 2555

 

Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen

Click on Tools

Click on Delete a form

Returning Member
Apr 16, 2022 3:38:49 PM

It was a mistake.  Do you know how to remove the form?

If you do not please let me know so I can find another way to get the answer. 

Thanks

S

Returning Member
Apr 16, 2022 3:43:03 PM

This is what is located on the left.  It does not say tax tools. Am I in the wrong area?

INTUIT ACCOUNT

overview

sign in and security

Personal info

Data privacy 

Products and billing

Payment meth

Level 15
Apr 16, 2022 3:45:54 PM

@sheilarobe You are accessing your Intuit Account.  That is not the online tax return.

 

To access your online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/

Returning Member
Apr 16, 2022 3:56:34 PM

Not helping.  All ways I sign in take me to my current tax return.  There is no information about tools or removing a form.  

Any information would be appreciated. 

Sheila

Expert Alumni
Apr 16, 2022 4:11:35 PM

Here is where to locate the Tax Tool:

Click on the downward arrow to go to Tools >> Tools Center.

 

 

 

 

 

@sheilarobe

 

Level 15
Apr 16, 2022 4:20:35 PM


@sheilarobe wrote:

Not helping.  All ways I sign in take me to my current tax return.  There is no information about tools or removing a form.  

Any information would be appreciated. 

Sheila


When you sign onto your TurboTax account do you land on a screen that says - Hi (Your Name), let's keep working on your taxes!

Or do you land on a screen that says - Way to go, (Your Name)! You filed your 2021 taxes.

 

Level 15
Apr 16, 2022 8:38:03 PM

@sheilarobe , I am so sorry that you are having trouble removing the unrequired form -- but you are in good hands  as  both @DoninGA  and @FangxiaL  are very  well versed in this area  ( much more so than I ).  

However, I just want to make sure that your income really was not foreign for US tax purposes.  Please can you elaborate -- you said you were a contractor -- where was the work done ?  In the USA ( in which case it is domestic earning  , even if the payor is a foreign entity ) or abroad ( in which it would be foreign even even the payor is US based ).   I know  , you knwo what you are doing , but I want to be sure that we are helping you correctly and not opening you for some other issue downstream.  Please excuse my persistence on the this.

 

regards, 

 

pk

New Member
Apr 13, 2024 3:26:07 PM

Are you stupid or what?

New Member
Mar 30, 2025 5:27:11 PM

I deleted the 2555 but it is still not letting me file because the foreign income is still being registered. This is ridiculous

Level 15
Mar 30, 2025 7:36:04 PM


@calebbman wrote:

I deleted the 2555 but it is still not letting me file because the foreign income is still being registered. This is ridiculous


Did you also enter a Form 1116 for foreign taxes paid?  Of did you enter a Form 1099-DIV with foreign taxes paid in box 7 for the form?