Having trouble filling out form 2555 with H and R block site.

Just been through this again this year with our son using TurboTax. We seem to struggle with it every year but did find it during the “Easy Step” process.

It appears on line 21 of schedule 1 as a negative figure, on the 1040 line 1 as a positive wages number and on line 6 as a negative number. So intuitive (NOT).

I've just gone through the site and got the same error message. I went in a corrected it (I thought) but now it's saying my AGI is zero...it should be $3,084 (which is what my wages were).

Other than foreign income, is there somewhere else I need to put my wages? I dont have any W2s as I only worked in the UK last year.

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I've just gone through the site and got the same error message. I went in a corrected it (I thought) but now it's saying my AGI is zero...it should be $3,084 (which is what my wages were).

Other than foreign income, is there somewhere else I need to put my wages? I dont have any W2s as I only worked in the UK last year.

I help my son do his taxes each year and we use TurboTax. It asks about foreign income and when the 1040 is completed it always puts his UK salary earnings on line 1, along with W2 income. (His first year back here he had both US and UK salary income. We just follow the step by step questions and let TurboTax do its thing.

I don’t know how other tax software works but it has always been easy with TT and it is clear that the foreign salary earnings need to end up on line 1 so the FEIE can be applied.

Schedule 1, Other Income, line 8 has his earnings listed as negative with the comment “Form 2555.”
Form 2555 itself has his foreign wages listed in Section IV line 19.

I think I found where to enter it. There’s a  “Foreign Wages or Pension Income” section under Foreign compensation not shown on W2. Does that sound right?

I help my son do his taxes each year and we use TurboTax. It asks about foreign income and when the 1040 is completed it always puts his UK salary earnings on line 1, along with W2 income. (His first year back here he had both US and UK salary income. We just follow the step by step questions and let TurboTax do its thing.

I don’t know how other tax software works but it has always been easy with TT and it is clear that the foreign salary earnings need to end up on line 1 so the FEIE can be applied.

Schedule 1, Other Income, line 8 has his earnings listed as negative with the comment “Form 2555.”
Form 2555 itself has his foreign wages listed in Section IV line 19.

I think I found where to enter it. There’s a  “Foreign Wages or Pension Income” section under Foreign compensation not shown on W2. Does that sound right?

That sounds right. I'll attach a screen shot from TurboTax showing the income section it is in. It is probably labeled a little differently.

Thank you! So last question, when your son does his, does it not print out the 2555 or Schedule 1? I finished and downloaded my pdf and all it has is the 1040 and Schedule B. Do I not need to send in the actual forms that it used for the computation?

That sounds right. I'll attach a screen shot from TurboTax showing the income section it is in.

Thank you! So last question, when your son does his, does it not print out the 2555 or Schedule 1? I finished and downloaded my pdf and all it has is the 1040 and Schedule B. Do I not need to send in the actual forms that it used for the computation?

He files electronically, but he saves a pdf version of it and it does clearly show form 2555 and schedule 1, so if you are filing by mail I would think you definitely need those 2 forms.

OK. Not sure why it didn't give me those 2 forms as I filled out all the info for the 2555. I'll just send them in myself.

I do mail mine in as it won't let me efile because husband doesn't have a social or itin.

Thank you again!

OK. Not sure why it didn't give me those 2 forms as I filled out all the info for the 2555. I'll just send them in myself.

I do mail mine in as it won't let me efile because husband doesn't have a social or itin.

Thank you again!

You can send in too few forms, but you can never send in too many forms. I would definitely include them.

Issue 1 of 1 The excluded wages in the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (Form 2555) topic can't be more than wages in the W-2 or Foreign Wages not on a W-2 topics. Review what you entered and make sure it's accurate.

I haven't worked in the US for a few years, so don't have a W-2. Didn't fill out any information on the W-2 form on their website as I don't have one.

Can anyone figure out what the actual issue is and how I may correct it. I am not being asked to fill out any other forms. Any ideas. Thank you.

having the same issue above. I dont have an W-2 as i have been in the UK for several years, how did ppl fix this on H&R block site? I listed my foreign income earned in the "Other Income" part of the "Income" section - from reading the thread I believe this is because the "wages" section shows $0, but not sure how i'm supposed to fill that out as i dont have a W-2

I used H&R Block online. Did you also choose the Foreign Wages or Pension Income not shown on w2? I had to put it there as well and you have to put as a negative number (on the form 2555 FEIE).

having the same issue above. I dont have an W-2 as i have been in the UK for several years, how did ppl fix this on H&R block site? I listed my foreign income earned in the "Other Income" part of the "Income" section - from reading the thread I believe this is because the "wages" section shows $0, but not sure how i'm supposed to fill that out as i dont have a W-2

ah, so in this section - we should report as negative amt in order to exclude?

FORM 2555

What wage income do you want to exclude?

This can include:
Wages
Salaries
Bonuses
Commissions

Income to exclude:

Looks like it from what I can see. I went back through mine and it shows negative number on my summary for 2555

ah, so in this section - we should report as negative amt in order to exclude?

FORM 2555

What wage income do you want to exclude?

This can include:
Wages
Salaries
Bonuses
Commissions

Income to exclude:

Thanks so much!!!!!!