1040: Preparing Expatriate Returns

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The 1040 tax application provides all the input necessary to complete a comprehensive expatriate return.

This tutorial gives you instructions for generating the following forms:

• Form 1116: Foreign Tax Credit
• Form 2555: Foreign Earned Income
• Form 3903: Foreign Moving Expenses.

In addition, the steps to complete moving expenses and the steps required to optimize a return between Section 911 exclusions and foreign tax credit are reviewed.

Topics

• 1040: Expatriate Returns - Form 1116: Foreign Tax Credit
• 1040: Expatriate Returns - Form 2555: Foreign Earned Income
• 1040: Expatriate Returns - Form 3903: Foreign Moving Expenses
• 1040: Expatriate Returns - Foreign Optimization

 

 

 

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Last Modified: 01/28/2020

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