Originally Posted by
Dovster
I am, indeed, a U.S. citizen. I qualify for the $91,500 exclusion by residing in Israel. I do not want to take any chance of endangering that by giving the IRS reason to believe that I reside in the U.S. -- especially when it is not true.
The IRS does not receive any information from Amex about you. It would have to issue an administrative summons to Amex to get such information, which it would not do unless it had reason to believe you were evading U.S. tax laws. The address you give Amex proves nothing about your status for purposes of the foreign earned income exclusion in any event. And I say this as a retired tax law specialist and technical advisor who worked at the IRS for over 32 years.