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by AB-Answerbot on March 9th, 2007

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What is foreign earned income? Is it income from a foreign source or income paid by a U.S. company while living abroad?

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  • by AB-Answerbot on March 9th, 2007

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    Earned income is pay for personal services performed, such as wages, salaries, or professional fees. Foreign earned income is income you receive for services you perform in a foreign country during a period when your tax home is in a foreign country and during which time you meet either the bona fide residence test or the physical presence test. It does not matter whether earned income is paid by a U.S. employer or a foreign employer. Foreign earned income does not include the following amounts.

    1. The previously excluded value of meals and lodging furnished for the convenience of your employer.
    2. Pension or annuity payments including social security benefits.
    3. Payments by the U.S. Government, or any U.S. government agency or instrumentality, to its employees.
    4. Amounts included in your income because of your employer's contributions to a nonexempt employee trust or to a nonqualifying annuity contract.
    5. Recaptured unallowable moving expenses
    6. Payments received after the end of the tax year following the tax year in which you performed the services that earned the income.

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