I am US citizen working in Saudi Arabia as a teacher in a school with a salary 25,000 $ per year ,and working also as a self employed with income 15,000 $ . Do I ve to exclude my foreign income using 2555 or I can Choose not to exclude the income since I ve 7 qualifing child's for tax credit which gives me better refund.

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You need to prepare the returns BOTH ways to see which has the best result.

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