Tax Form 2555-EZ is used to exclude a limited amount of your foreign earned income.
You can use Form 2555-EZ to claim the foreign earned income exclusion if all five of the following apply:
- You meet the following conditions:
- Are a U.S. citizen or a resident alien
- Earned wages/salaries in a foreign country
- Had total foreign earned income of $80,000 or less
- Are filing a calendar year return that covers a 12-month period
- Do not have self-employment income
- Do not have business/moving expenses
- Do not claim the foreign housing exclusion or deduction
- Your total foreign earned income received in 2005 is reported on Form 1040, line 7
- You do not have a housing deduction carryover from 2004
- You meet either the bona fide residence test or the physical presence test
- You meet the tax home test


