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What is the Form 2555?
Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income, is filed by U.S. citizens and resident aliens living and working abroad to claim the foreign earned income exclusion and the foreign housing exclusion or deduction. It is attached to your Form 1040.
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Who needs to file Form 2555?
U.S. citizens and resident aliens who earn income while living and working in a foreign country use Form 2555 to claim the foreign earned income exclusion or the foreign housing exclusion or deduction. You generally must meet either the bona fide residence test or the physical presence test, and the form is attached to your Form 1040.
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