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2012-05-11 Foreign Earned Income Exclusion:

Dear Cindy,    12-months calendar periods for the subsequent years my overlap.   Thus, you client can qualify for FEIE on 2011 for the same 6/1/10-5/31/11 on 2011 tax return.  For 2012, he still qualifies

2012-05-08 Taxation of Housing Allowance:

Deat Bob,    Housing allowance has to be reported as foreign income. Then, you can exclude it on line 22e of form 2555 (Quarters). This way, you exclude it as a part of employer compensation. Furthermore

2012-03-20 FATCA and FBAR reporting:

Dear Dale,    It is not clear to me whether you earn any income while you live abroad or not. You said that you did not earn any foreign income. However, if you earned income from U.S. sources while living

2012-03-12 Capital Loss Carryover and Qualifying Relative Dependency Test:

Dear John,    You are not required yet you may file tax return for 2011 in order to recoup federal and/or state tax withheld from your wages. I do not recommend using the carryover in 2011 and save this

2012-02-29 House sale and taxes:

Dear M.,    You have to pay capital gains on your portion of gains, not on the entire proceeds. Thus, if your portion of the proceeds is $44K you have to find out the purchase price of the house and deduct