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To enter Foreign Earned Income -
Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business)
Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
Scroll down to Less Common Income
On Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion, click on the start or update button
Or enter foreign income in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to foreign income
After following the instructions that DoninGA gave you, when TurboTax asks what form the foreign income was reported on, select "A statement from my foreign employer (could be cash)."
@rhymedog56 , agreeing with the steps/ instructions etc. from my colleagues @DoninGA and @rjs , I would like to suggest you to familiarize yourself with IIRS pub. 54 --> Publication 54 (2023), Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad | Internal Revenue Ser...
assuming that this is first year filing from abroad.
Please also note that even if excluded , your Foreign Earned Income , is still subject to FICA /SECA Taxes ( 15.3% for Social Security & Medicare ). If you are participating in the local country's similar scheme, then you still have to file the schedule-SE , attach the certificate of participation -- so you don't pay twice. This applies only for countries that have a totalization agreement with the USA ( please see SSA website on the list of countries and how to do it ).
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