Resident Aliens

Resident aliens may be able to exclude the following items from their gross income.

Foreign Earned Income and Housing Amount

If you are physically present in a foreign country or countries for at least 330 full days during any period of 12 consecutive months, you may qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion. For tax years beginning in 2001, the exclusion is $78,000. In addition, you may be able to exclude or deduct certain foreign housing amounts. You may also qualify if you are a bona fide resident of a foreign country and you are a citizen or national of a country with which the United States has an income tax treaty. For more information, see Publication 54.

Foreign country. The term "foreign country" means any territory under the sovereignty of a government other than that of the United States. The term also includes territorial waters of the foreign country, the airspace over the foreign country, and the seabed and subsoil of submarine areas adjacent to the territorial waters of the foreign country.