How to resolve Form 2555 Critical Diagnostic Ref #6359
My tax client lives in Germany and is using the physical presence test for his foreign income exclusion. He came to the US for 2 trips: 1/1/2025-1/3/2025 (3 days) and 7/4/25 - 8/3/25 (31 days), so he meets the 330 days in the foreign country. I entered 2 separate line items, one for each trip as "Travel to US". I get the following error:
One or more days between the first and last entered days of travel are missing. Based on the entries in "Travel Information", the first entered date and last entered date of travel for this taxpayer are 1/01/2025 and 8/03/2025 respectively. All days between the first entered day of travel and last entered day of travel must be accounted for or they will be considered foreign days. US - Ref #6359
All the 4 dates are entered as mentioned above, but it seems the system doesn't recognize returning to Germany on 1/3 or arriving in the US on 7/4. How do I resolve this?
