Check whether a 12-month window meets the IRS Physical Presence Test — 330 full days of foreign physical presence — for FEIE eligibility. Pick a start date, log every U.S. trip during that window, see remaining headroom in real time.
Pick the start date of any 12-month window and log every trip that took you out of foreign countries (usually a U.S. visit). The calculator counts full foreign days against the 330-day threshold, or can search every possible window for you.
For FEIE, the 12-month window must start or end within the tax year. Common choice: your move-abroad date. The calculator computes a 365-day window from this date (or 366 if a leap year is spanned).
Every day up to and including your landing date counts as a non-foreign day. Leave empty if you already lived abroad.
For each U.S. visit, enter the date you left your foreign country and the date you landed back in a foreign country. Every day from departure through arrival counts as a non-foreign day, because departure and arrival days are partial days and time over international waters isn’t foreign presence (IRS Pub. 54). U.S. connections: if you connected through the U.S. between two foreign countries, were on the ground under 24 hours, and the whole journey took under 24 hours, skip it: it costs nothing. If the journey took 24+ hours, log it like any other trip (Treas. Reg. §1.911-2(d)(2)).
Tests every 12-month window that starts or ends in the chosen tax year and picks the passing window that covers the most days of that year. That drives your prorated exclusion on Form 2555.
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The Physical Presence Test (PPT) is the more flexible of the two ways to qualify for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion. To qualify, you must be physically present in a foreign country (or countries) for 330 full days during any 12-month period that starts or ends within the tax year you’re filing for.
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If you don’t meet PPT, you may qualify under the Bona Fide Residence Test instead. BFR requires that you be a bona fide resident of a foreign country for an uninterrupted period covering at least one entire tax year (January 1 – December 31). It allows more U.S. trips but requires a stronger residency claim — typically based on local tax residency, long-term housing, and intent. See our FEIE Eligibility Checker for both tests side-by-side.