Sent out US tax return and they got it on May 22nd?

MIKE2000Z28 · Post by **MIKE2000Z28** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:36 am

I was expecting a 400 dollar refund and its working on 2 months now. I also sent back 3 years of amended returns as well seperately. USPS and Canada post say everything was delivered. I put in my information at the irs.gov and it says i may be entering my information incorrectly. I guess i will have to call them. Is 2 months normal for living out of country?

MIKE2000Z28 · Post by **MIKE2000Z28** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:06 pm

Alright well got off the phone with the IRS. They didn't accept my (Make working Pay tax credit) for some reason. I filled it out exactly how the instructions told me since i use the ez 2555 form. I don't see how you can screw it up.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:16 pm

Haven't looked into this, but I would guess that having excluded your income by 2555 makes you ineligible for the credit.

Another reason to use 1116 instead.

MIKE2000Z28 · Post by **MIKE2000Z28** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:51 pm

Yeah i just got the CP13 notice about the credit and what they changed and if i agree with it. On the back of the notice it has my calculations and theirs. Basically implying that since i excluded all of my income and paid no tax that everything is zero. However on the Schedule M instructions, it tells you that you can still claim it filing an ez2555 form so that makes zero sense. Maybe if your declaring over the 88k limit and you have income extra to declare? The guy really wasn't helpful on the phone to say the least.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:37 pm

Some people have more earned income than they include on 2555 (for example wages earned in US, or foreign wages exceeding the 2555 limit). These people still get to use 2555 nd get the other cliams.

The solution is 1116 instead of 2555