Well, whoever said that doing taxes when foreign income is involved would be an easy thing is just an idiot. I have spent the last three days trying to figure out whether to take a credit or deduction, reading 40+ page instruction manuals for each form involved in this process, and converting euros wages to dollar wages for specific dates in the past six months. In the end, I am just going to forget about trying to get money back for the French taxes I’ve paid. It is so complicated that I would probably be working on it through our entire trip in April. So France, this one is for you. Consider it a parting gift. Only I’m the one soon to be parting :=)