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Americans Abroad, Digital Nomads And The IRC 911 Foreign Earned Income Exclusion

The discussion:

The history of the FEIE:

The slides are here …

Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Version 2

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The S. 911 Foreign Earned Income Exclusion: It’s origins, journey, opportunities and limitations

I recently participated in a podcast discussing both the opportunities and limitations associated with the Section 911 FEIE (“Foreign Earned Income Exclusion”). It is short and explains why the FEIE is not the answer to the problems experienced by Americans abroad. You can listen to it here:

https://prep.podbean.com/e/us-taxation-of-americans-abroad-do-the-foreign-tax-credit-rules-work-sometimes-yes-and-sometimes-no/

The podcast was the subject of a post at American Expat Finance. That post prompted me to explore more deeply, the origins of the FEIE. When was it enacted? What was it designed to do? I found a fantastic article that I thought I would/should share.

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How #digitalnomads use the #FEIE and rules of @taxresidency to avoid paying income tax anywhere

The above tweet references a post by Virginia La Torre Jeker describing the “Foreign Earned Income Exclusion” found in Internal Revenue Code S. 911. Her description of the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion includes:
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