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Level 1
June 5, 2019
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Income from foreign employer

What form do I use to report info from my self-employed job from a foreign employer? I have been resident in Britain since 2008, all income is from Britain. I am well below the threshold of taxable income.
Answer
June 5, 2019

To enter your income from a foreign employer follow these steps:

How to enter Foreign Income

• Go to Federal Taxes

• Select Wages & Income

• Click I'll choose what I work on

• Scroll down the page to the last section Less Common Income and select Show More

• Select Start to the right of Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion

• Go through this section and enter the income that you earned abroad.


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Answer
June 5, 2019

To enter your income from a foreign employer follow these steps:

How to enter Foreign Income

• Go to Federal Taxes

• Select Wages & Income

• Click I'll choose what I work on

• Scroll down the page to the last section Less Common Income and select Show More

• Select Start to the right of Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion

• Go through this section and enter the income that you earned abroad.


Level 2
June 5, 2019
A follow up question - Reporting of foreign income on Line 7 of 1040 is required irrespective of foreign tax credit is chosen or foreign earned income inclusion. Is that correct? In other words if an expat with 100% foreign income chooses to take FTC, does he need to fill Line 7 of 1040 or just the form 1116 (where you specify the wages and taxes thereon)?
Level 15
June 12, 2020
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