When using TurboTax, the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion causes issues for me every year. It completely messed up my return this year and now I'm doing amendments. If it doesn't end up changing I'm just going to have to go to a CPA from now on. It's creating more of a dead ache than anything. If you meet the below information, then you don't have to meet the normal abode or physical requirements to exclude the income you earned while there.
IR-2018-173, August 24, 2018
Certain U.S. citizens or resident aliens, specifically contractors or employees of contractors supporting the U.S. Armed Forces in designated combat zones, may now qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, enacted in February, changed the tax home requirement for eligible taxpayers, enabling them to claim the foreign earned income exclusion even if their “abode” is in the United States. The new law applies for tax year 2018 and subsequent years. This means that these taxpayers, if eligible, will be able to claim the foreign earned income exclusion on their income tax return for 2018 when they file. Under the exclusion, taxpayers can choose to exclude their foreign earned income from gross income, up to a certain dollar amount.
