The first requirement of this exclusion is that you must file your tax return. The IRS can disqualify you from the exclusion just on the basis that you have not filed a tax return. Then, to make things even worse, that income becomes taxable and carries with it penalties that could equal 100% of the original tax.
Matakwa ya kwanza ya kutengwa huu ni kwamba lazima faili kodi yako kurudi. The IRS unaweza nah ii humkoshwa kwenu kutoka kuondolewa tu kwa misingi kwamba una filed kodi si kurudi. Kisha, kufanya mambo hata mbaya zaidi, ili kipato inakuwa skattskyldiga na inaleta adhabu ambayo inaweza sawa 100% ya awali ya kodi.