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posted Jul 14, 2020 9:29:27 PM

Why am i not able to efile my federal taxes? I live overseas and have no income except for interest income on foreign assets. What do i need to do to be able to efile?

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Level 15
Jul 15, 2020 9:08:57 PM

@mala , you cannot e-file  with zero Adjusted Gross Income.  However, if you have just interest income, meaning your AGI is positive, there  should no reason why cannot e-file.   TurboTax may impose  requirements like  US credit Card ( and I think US mailing address for the card ) but outside of that you should be OK.  Are you taxed by the  local taxing authority on your  interest income?  If so you can avoid  / ameliorate   double taxation by filing for foreign tax credit ( and if you have NO US income i.e. Foreign income is your world income then you would 100% credit).

 

Is this the issue or am I in the left field ---- please  provide your immigration status ( US ), the country where you are,  etc.