US Expat in Korea. I know my normal income qualifies for the FEIE. I did receive unemployment benefits for a few months in Korea. I know that probably cannot be deducted but I don't know how to go about reporting Korean/FOREIGN unemployment benefits without any US forms. Can someone advise please? Thank you.
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You can report the Korean unemployment benefits as "other income" on Schedule 1 line 8z with a description that you enter. Here's how to enter it in TurboTax.
Thanks.
I had asked about this last year elsewhere and I think people said to either put it as general miscellaneous income or put it as if I got a 1099-G or something so now there are 3 ways and I'm not sure what to do.
I don't know what the other two ways of entering the unemployment are. As long as it ends up on either line 7 or line 8z of Schedule 1 it's going to be okay. Entering it as if you got a 1099-G will put it on line 7, which is specifically for unemployment. But the IRS instructions for Schedule 1 say that line 7 is for unemployment that was reported on a 1099-G, and you don't have a 1099-G. Unemployment benefits that are not on a 1099-G, such as union unemployment benefits or private unemployment insurance, are reported on line 8z. So my recommendation is to follow the instructions that I gave you above. But if you're more comfortable doing it another way, do what you think is best. As I said, it will be okay as long as it ends up on either line 7 or line 8z of Schedule 1.
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