Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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ISBN: 9780357391129
Author: WHITTENBURG
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 7, Problem 21P
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Introduction:Taxpayers living and working outside the U.S. are allowed to exclude some portion of their foreign income and foreign housing from taxable income. To qualify the taxpayer must have taxable income outside the U.S. for the stated number of days.

The possibility of claiming foreign tax credit or deduction for foreign taxes on their schedule A

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