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I'm a U.S citizen Living and working in Canada. Why can't I file online? Review it says I have Zero value 1040. I declared my income and filed online last year.

 
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I'm a U.S citizen Living and working in Canada. Why can't I file online? Review it says I have Zero value 1040. I declared my income and filed online last year.

Did you use the foreign earned income exclusion/housing exclusion/deduction and it negated all of your income on Form 2555, so when it flowed to Form 1040, you have a zero-income return?

I'm a U.S citizen Living and working in Canada. Why can't I file online? Review it says I have Zero value 1040. I declared my income and filed online last year.

You probably have excluded all of your foreign earned income from taxation, so the tax return does not include any taxable income.  A tax return with no taxable income cannot be e-filed, but must be printed and mailed.

 

However, you can add $1 of interest income so you will be able to e-file.

On the Form 1099-INT enter any name in the Received from: box.  In Box 1 enter $1

 

Enter interest income in the Search box locate in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to interest income

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