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conventions). Attach a statement showing ● Allowances or reimbursements if excluded from your 1996 gross income if,
how you determined the amount. Do not reported as income on Form 1040, line and to the extent, the income would have
include this income on line 17. Even if you 7. been excludable if you had received it in
live and work in a foreign country, any Foreign earned income does not 1995.
income earned during the time spent in include— If you are excluding income under this
the United States on business is ● Amounts from line 12, column (d), rule, do not include this income on line
considered U.S. source income and may ● Amounts paid to you by the U.S. 17. Instead, attach a statement to Form
not be excluded. Government or any of its agencies if you 2555-EZ showing how you figured the
were an employee of the U.S. exclusion. Enter the amount that would
Line 14 Government or any of its agencies, have been excludable in 1995 on Form
● Amounts that are actually a distribution
2555-EZ to the left of line 18. Next to the
Enter the number of days in your amount write “Exclusion of Income
qualifying period that fall within 1996. of corporate earnings or profits rather than
a reasonable allowance as compensation Earned in 1995.” Include it in the total
Your qualifying period is the period during reported on line 18.
which you meet the tax home test and for your personal services, or
either the bona fide residence test or the ● Amounts received after the end of the
Note: If you claimed any deduction,
physical presence test. tax year following the tax year in which credit, or exclusion on your 1995 return
you performed the services. that is definitely related to the 1995
Example. You establish a tax home foreign earned income you are excluding
and bona fide residence in a foreign Income earned in prior year.— Foreign under this rule, you may have to amend
country on August 14, 1996. You maintain earned income received in 1996 for your 1995 income tax return to adjust the
the tax home and residence until January services you performed in 1995 may be amount claimed. To do this, file Form
31, 1998. The number of days in your 1040X.
qualifying period that fall within 1996 is
140 (August 14 through December 31,
1996). List of Countries to Which Travel Restrictions Apply
Note: The above list reflects the changes made up to and including May 28, 1996. When this
list is updated, it will be published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin.
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