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Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Calculator

Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Calculator. A US taxpayer enters foreign earned income, an exclusion limit, qualifying days, housing exclusion, and a rate assumption to estimate excluded and taxable income. Use it while planning an overseas work year before reviewing Form 2555 facts.

Inputs

Specialty & International Tax inputs

Range: 0–100,000,000 $

Enter a non-negative US-dollar amount for the stated tax year; use the same tax year and jurisdiction for all related inputs. Professional example: 120000. Edit this value for your own facts.

Range: 0–100,000,000 $

Enter a non-negative US-dollar amount for the stated tax year; use the same tax year and jurisdiction for all related inputs. Professional example: 130000. Edit this value for your own facts.

Range: 0–366

Enter the count or numeric assumption in the unit stated by the label. Professional example: 365. Edit this value for your own facts.

Range: 0–100,000,000 $

Enter a non-negative US-dollar amount for the stated tax year; use the same tax year and jurisdiction for all related inputs. Professional example: 0. Edit this value for your own facts.

Range: 0–100 %

Enter a percentage as a whole number, such as 22 for 22%, not 0.22. Professional example: 22. Edit this value for your own facts.

Result

Estimated tax
11,000.00
Qualifying Fraction
1.00
Estimate
Excluded Income
130,000.00
Prorated Exclusion
130,000.00
Taxable income
50,000.00
How to interpret this result
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Calculator starts with a professional planning example for this scenario. Edit the inputs to replace the example with your own facts; the displayed outputs update from the formula.
Applicability and limits
This is a prorated arithmetic estimate. It does not determine tax-home, bona-fide-residence, physical-presence, housing-limit, filing-status, stacking, or Form 2555 eligibility.
Calculation basis
Only the named inputs and displayed formula relationships are used. Rates, limits, thresholds, eligibility flags, dates, and jurisdiction assumptions are not silently looked up unless a verified dataset is listed.

Formula

Calculation logic

Formula definitions and substituted values.

What to check

  • A US taxpayer enters foreign earned income, an exclusion limit, qualifying days, housing exclusion, and a rate assumption to estimate excluded and taxable income.
  • Use it while planning an overseas work year before reviewing Form 2555 facts.
  • This is a prorated arithmetic estimate. It does not determine tax-home, bona-fide-residence, physical-presence, housing-limit, filing-status, stacking, or Form 2555 eligibility.

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This is a prorated arithmetic estimate. It does not determine tax-home, bona-fide-residence, physical-presence, housing-limit, filing-status, stacking, or Form 2555 eligibility.