Question: The exchange rate between the U.S. dollar (US$) and Hong Kong dollar (HK$) remained constant at HK$8.00 = US$1.00 throughout 2011. Horace Gardner (a U.S. citizen) lives and works in Hong Kong. In 2008, Gardner earned income in Hong Kong of HK$960,000, and paid taxes to the local government at the rate of 15 percent. Gardner qualifies for the foreign earned income exclusion.
Required: a. Determine the amount of foreign earned income Horace Gardner included in his calculation of U.S. taxable income for the year 2011.
b. Determine the amount of foreign tax credit Horace Gardner was allowed to take in determining his U.S. tax liability for the year 2011.
c. Assuming Horace Gardner has a marginal U.S. tax rate of 28 percent, determine the amount of U.S. income taxes he paid on his foreign earned income in the year 2011.