Lion EA Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 US Citizen goes to SIngapore for two years as a professor and house master at National University of Singapore. Left 1 August 2013; has satisfied the physical presence test now. Do I put his wages on line 7? Dummy up a W-2? Or, do I start on Form 2555 and it will flow. I don't want to double up or go in a wrong order and miss something. I thought I understood the theory, but the practical application of reporting on the return is leaving me shaky. Especially since I started this last Friday but my computer overheated and shut down and Dell argued with me and still hasn't fixed it. Enough ranting; I wasted too much time with Dell. Gotta make this flow the way I know it should. Thanx for any pointers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatHack Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 In ATX, go to line 7 of 1040 and jump to Line 7 worksheet. enter the foreign wages on line 5 of the worksheet, Foreign employer compensation not reported on w-2....it will link you to another worksheet, FECwkst (enter employer data on the FECwkst) and automatically puts the required "FEC" on line 7 of 1040 which tells the IRS it is foreign earned comp. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted October 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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