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I have a US citizen client that started working overseas in 2015. He quit his foreign job and moved back to the US in Sept 2019. He has qualified for the foreign earned income tax exclusion for tax years 2015-2018 under the physical presence test (the physical presence test has always been Jan 1st through Dec 31st). He could also have qualified under the bona fide residence test. For tax year 2019, he doesn't qualify for the physical presence test since he wasn't in the foreign country for 330 days. Can he qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion using the bona fide residence test for tax year 2019 (he meets the test of being a bona fide resident for an uninterrupted period that includes an entire tax year). I can't seem to find an answer if this would work or not since he has used the physical presence test in all previous years.
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