Foreign Wages

[equinecpa]

Client worked in France over the summer. She was an employee and received French equivalent to a W-2.

From reading it looks like this gets entered on line 7. So I enter Gross wages converted from Euros to $. Would you enter corresponding French Income tax in tax withheld? I'd presum not and just work through the 1116 form?

Any idea what should be entered in the tax identification # field for foreign employer?

[Burke]

1. You cannot use the French income tax withheld. She will have to file in France to get that back (if any.)

2. It is taxed in the US (assuming she did not meet the requirements for excluding the income on 2555-EZ).

3. You cannot e-file the return with a foreign employer EIN. So it has to be paper-filed.

[TaxGuyBill]

Any idea what should be entered in the tax identification # field for foreign employer?

What tax software do you use?

Your software should have a spot to enter foreign income that is not on a W-2 (and does not require an EIN). However, that 'spot' to enter may be challenging to find.

[Lion]

She CAN take the foreign tax credit, yes?