Stimulus Check Foreign Income Exclusion
How does the foreign earned income exclusion feie affect the stimulus check.
Stimulus check foreign income exclusion. The value of stimulus checks was from calculating previous years tax returns. This year though due to the coronavirus outbreak congress has approved stimulus payments to americans including expats and the eligibility criteria may affect expats decision to claim the foreign earned income exclusion or not. However if you can be considered as a qualifying taxpayer which means you are not on anyone else s tax return you re also eligible for a stimulus check 1 200 under the cares act.
However for american citizens living abroad previous tax returns can be re evaluated for the coming year. One concern for expats is how deductions and exclusions affect agi. Second stimulus check non resident aliens.
This is based on your 2020 income. Subtract the minimum feie exclusion rate of 2020 107 600 from your yearly foreign earned salary of 2020. Someone whose income exceeds the cares act threshold but who excluded a large part of their income could theoretically qualify for relief payment.
And there is a possibility that you can count on the second stimulus check 600 possibly more too. The foreign earned income exclusion is an irs provision that expats can claim that helps them reduce their us tax bill often to zero when they file from abroad.