Form 2555

A form that one files with the IRS to claim a foreign earned income exclusion from U.S. taxation of income earned in a foreign country. One may file Form 2555 regardless of the amount one earns abroad, but the maximum exclusion is $92,900 (as of 2011).

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7,2014, Redfield filed a delinquent return, which included Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income, electing to exclude earnings from his work in Afghanistan.

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An individual who elects the exclusion does so on Form 2555 (or Form 2555-EZ, if the circumstances are simple).

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Unless otherwise stated, the statistics reported in this article are based on data compiled from Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income, Form 2555-EZ, Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit, and Form 1040, U.

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Answer yes if the taxpayer (and spouse if filing a joint return) is not filing form 2555 or form 255-EZ to exclude from gross income earned in foreign countries or to deduct exclude foreign housing amount.

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4 million individual income tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service, an estimated 334,851 had a Form 2555 attached, slightly more than 0.

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The election must be made on Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income, or other comparable form.

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1 Returns with a Form 2555 (4) Total foreign earned income 12.

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For 2001, of the 130,255,237 individual income tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service, 294,763 had a Form 2555 attached, approximately 0.