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US expat tax estimator (FEIE vs Foreign Tax Credit)
A scoped estimate of US federal tax for a US person in the UK, comparing the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion with the Foreign Tax Credit using 2025 brackets and the standard deduction.
365 if you qualified all year.
Wages or self-employment earned while abroad.
Interest, dividends, rental, pensions.
With Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
$0
$90,000 excluded. All earned income excluded; other income taxed at stacked rates.
With Foreign Tax Credit
$0
Credit allowed $11,909 of $11,909 US tax. Unused credit can be carried back one year and forward ten years.
No relief (for comparison)
$11,909
Taxable income $77,250 after the standard deduction.
Both routes give the same result on these figures.
Assumptions and limits
- 2025 ordinary brackets and standard deduction; no itemised deductions, credits, NIIT, AMT, state tax or self-employment tax.
- All income is treated as foreign-source; UK tax entered is treated as creditable income tax.
- FEIE uses the stacking rule; Foreign Tax Credit is limited to US tax × foreign income ÷ total income.
- Choosing or revoking the FEIE has multi-year consequences not shown here.
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Written by the US UK Expat Tax advisory team. Last reviewed 7 November 2026 · Figures relate to the 2025 tax year unless stated.
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