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If you are a U.S. citizen with income from sources outside the United States (foreign income), you must report all of that income on your tax return unless it is exempt by U.S. law. This is true whether you reside inside or outside the United States and whether or not you receive a Form W–2, Wage and Tax Statement, or a Form 1099 statement from the foreign payor. This applies to earned income (such as wages and tips) as well as unearned income (such as interest, dividends, capital gains, pensions, rents, and royalties).

Certain taxpayers can exclude income earned in foreign countries. For 2002, this exclusion amount is $80,000. However, the foreign earned income exclusion does not apply to the wages and salaries of military and civilian employees of the U.S. Government. Employees of the U.S. Government include those who work at Armed Forces post exchanges, officers’ and enlisted personnel clubs, and embassy commissaries, and similar personnel paid from nonappropriated funds. Other foreign income earned by military personnel or their spouses may be eligible for the foreign earned income exclusion. For more information on the exclusion, get Publication 54.

Residents of Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands may be able to exclude income from these possessions. This possession exclusion does not apply to wages and salaries of military and civilian employees of the U.S. Government. If you need information on the possession exclusion, get Publication 570, Tax Guide for Individuals With Income From U.S. Possessions.

Above Information Extracted from IRS Publication #3, Armed Forces Tax Guide