Can we invest in a ROTH IRA with a foreign posting?

[Guest miller5369]

[JAMES PATRICK]

If you look at Pub 590 on pages 53/54 you will see that your modified AGI must be less than $160,000 to contribute to a Roth IRA. To get your "modified" AGI you must add the foreign earned income exclusion, in your case $80,000, which will put you over the maximum $160k, so a Roth would not be allowed.