The Form 673 is given to your employer if he believes that your income earned abroad will be equal to the foreign earned income exclusion and foreign housing exclusion, and he also believes that you will qualify for these exclusions.
If your income is exempt or partially excluded from taxes, then you will need to prepare a Form 2555 Foreign Earned
Income.
To open the form in your tax return, do the following:
- Type foreign earned income in Search
- click the Jump to foreign income link
Begin navigating through the prompts to claim the exclusion.