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I think your No. 2 is right. I used turbo tax and I got no. 2 : Tax = (X + Y - family deduction) * TaxRate1 - Y * TaxRate2. Here's the details:

antelephant(蚂蚁与大象)

Using Turbo tax easy step mode:
1. Enter US income X in W2 wages section
2. Select foreign earned income under Less Common Income section, follow the step and enter the Canada income Y.
Switch to form mode, you will find the following form created for you
a. Form 2555: line 45 in this form is the total of the exclusioin, it will be Y if it's less than about 85,000 (the limit you can exclue)
b. Foreign earned income tax work sheet: Inside this form you will find that the tax is calculated as Tax = (X + Y - family deduction) * TaxRate1 - Y * TaxRate2
c. Form 1040: the line 7 (wages) will be your US only income, which is X. line 21 (other income) will be 0.

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枫下茶话 / 美国话题 / 夫妻一人全年在usa工作,一人在CA工作的报税方法: File jointly, and claim foreign income exclusion. In this way, the one works in usa can claim family deduction while the income (if not too high) earned in CA is exclusive from the usa tax. Use form 2555. -navigation888(nav); 2009-4-7 (#5177600@0)

Great info. -kwirky(kwirky); 2009-4-7 (#5177861@0)
谢分享，早几个月看到你这句话就省了我很多时间和烦恼。后来还是看到了kwirky的posting才明白。在此也感谢kwirky。 -catoca(bob); 2009-4-8 (#5180231@0)
Actually, this is the question bothering me for a long time. This sounds too good to be true for me. -antelephant(蚂蚁与大象); 2009-4-9 {235} (#5182241@0)
Suppose wife earned x in Canada and husband earned y in US. Tthe total taxable income will be y, and the tax will be the same as the situation where both husband and wife lives in US and only earned y. really sounds too good to be true

Actually never mind, I think you guys are probably right. It's not really that unbelievable since wife has paid some tax in Canada too. -antelephant(蚂蚁与大象); 2009-4-9 (#5182271@0)

one question, if file like this, I believe we're not supposed to use form 1116 to claim foreign tax credit, right? -antelephant(蚂蚁与大象); 2009-4-9 (#5182274@0)

你在加全部的工资都已经被2555减掉了，还claim啥tax credit？再claim美国就要倒找钱给你了。1116表是用来claim其他tax credit的，如在加交的利息税。 -catoca(bob); 2009-4-9 (#5182333@0)

这个用法肯定是错的，当然政府可能也不找你麻烦。 FORM 2555写明是给公民和绿卡用的。实际上是长期在国外的税务居民用的。家庭的任何一个人都不能在美国长期居住，这种情况下虽然US税是少的，但是SSN的税还是要按全部收入收的。 -cerboros_redux(Cerboros Reborn); 2009-4-9 (#5182283@0)

IRS告诉我这样绝对可行,具体对每人是否有益倒不一定.因为对有些人来讲,在美国省得还是要交给CANADA. -navigation888(nav); 2009-4-9 (#5183101@0)
美加tax treaty 使得加拿大人和美国人在税务上有同样权利。 -kwirky(kwirky); 2009-4-13 (#5188036@0)

Thanks for sharing this. Have you or anyone else done this in previous tax year and got confirmed from IRS? -antelephant(蚂蚁与大象); 2009-4-9 (#5182411@0)
The only thing I am not sure is: If I earned X in usa, and my wife earned Y in canada, How does the exclusion works? I had two different results with two methods. -navigation888(nav); 2009-4-9 {243} (#5183160@0)
1. Result from TURBO TAX: final taxable income is X+Y-Y-Family Deduction = X - Family Deduction.
2. Result from 1040 Guide: final tax = (X+Y-Family deduction)* TaxRate - X*TaxRate.
In this way, final tax is a little bit higher than result 1.

where do you enter your foreign income in form 1040? in line 7 (wages) or line 21(other income)? -antelephant(蚂蚁与大象); 2009-4-9 (#5183351@0)
I think your No. 2 is right. I used turbo tax and I got no. 2 : Tax = (X + Y - family deduction) * TaxRate1 - Y * TaxRate2. Here's the details: -antelephant(蚂蚁与大象); 2009-4-10 {672} (#5183461@0)
Using Turbo tax easy step mode:
1. Enter US income X in W2 wages section
2. Select foreign earned income under Less Common Income section, follow the step and enter the Canada income Y.
Switch to form mode, you will find the following form created for you
a. Form 2555: line 45 in this form is the total of the exclusioin, it will be Y if it's less than about 85,000 (the limit you can exclue)
b. Foreign earned income tax work sheet: Inside this form you will find that the tax is calculated as Tax = (X + Y - family deduction) * TaxRate1 - Y * TaxRate2
c. Form 1040: the line 7 (wages) will be your US only income, which is X. line 21 (other income) will be 0.

我跟你有着相似的情形，请问：你先生在美国报税用的是表1040 还是1040NR？有的贴说用表1040，如果是这样，他加拿大的税又是怎么报的？先谢谢了！ -sunflower99(咪咪); 2009-4-10 (#5184685@0)
请问：在美工作的那位又如何报加拿大的税呢？马上15号了，烦请热心人帮忙回答一下，非常感谢！ -dfr(dfr); 2009-4-13 (#5187955@0)
奇怪为什么没有专门搞美加税项的会计师。我问过好几个都不熟悉美国税法。如果有人专门搞这个应该很赚钱吧 -yesiam(party time); 2009-4-13 (#5188013@0)

应该不赚钱吧？ -ustopics(ustopics); 2009-4-13 (#5188168@0)
www.transitionalfinancial.com and the book < The Canadian in America> may help. -yye(曲院风荷); 2009-4-13 (#5188602@0)

I think your No. 2 is right. I used turbo tax and I got no. 2 : Tax = (X + Y - family deduction) * TaxRate1 - Y * TaxRate2. Here's the details:

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