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Hey JoeF - I think you still do not understand. You keep on making remarks that making local income abroad means that you may have abondoned GC? We are talking about a scenario: "Let's assume for the sake of argument that a GC holder is assigned on an 18 month contract to go somewhere to...

Also if you try to get foreign income exclusion based on physical presence - then you also need to put in IRS form tax home and country. So I think there is no way to get exclusion at all unless you do say about the other tax home.

JoeF - You say: "That's irrelevant for this issue. If you file resident tax returns, you of course can say no to this question. But, by claiming to be a tax resident of another country, that means that you reside there, that you work there, that your "place of general abode" is there. And...

Anyways - gurus can someone help here? If somebody is going for an extended time abroad they meed bona fide residence test for IRS it seems. The bona fide test is for both US citizens and PRs. When they meet this test - they get to exclude up to 80K worth of income earned abroad and for the...

This is what I saw on the IRS web site: "Example 2: For several years, you were a marketing executive with a producer of machine tools in Toledo, Ohio. In November of last year your employer transferred you to London, England, for a minimum of 18 months to set up a sales operation for...

Wow. So if you claim that you were a bona fide resident of a foreign country during a tax year - then you cannot naturalize? This is even though you filed a US resident tax return a regular 1040 form?

I think N-400 asks you: "Have you ever called yourself a non resident on a federal tax return?" I am not sure what this refers to. Does it just refer to filing 1040NR - filing as a non resident? Or it also refers to filing taxes as a resident but claiming 80K exemption based on the fact...

JoeF - This is what they say about exclusion - everybody still has to report this but will not get taxed on the first 80K if they meet the bona fide residence test or physical presence test. A break for income earned abroad But there is a break for U.S. taxpayers who live abroad...

Hey JoeF - Exclusion means actually reporting and just making 80K as non taxable. So you exclude 80K from taxation but not from reporting. IRS explicitely says that this option is available for both US citizens and resident aliens of the US.

So just to make it clear: I was going to file 1040 - Tax resident. But because I was a bona fide tax resident also of another country I would exclude 80K worth of foreign income.

Thanks JoeF. I was going to declare worldwide income but I was going to exclude 80,000 USD from taxation based on the fact that I was a bona fide tax resident of a foreign country. IRS allows this for both US citizens and resident aliens. Now the question remains if there is some loophole that I...

Gurus - I have a question = If a person is leaving on a long trip abroad while having GC and securing reentry permit while still maintaining ties to the US - would this be a show stopper if the person excludes 80,000 worth of personal income earned abroad based on the fact that the person is...