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Oh good grief, this is getting so ridiculous. I have no idea where this person spends their time. If you posted a link to the IRS I missed it. Sorry 'bout that. I like to provide such links so I'm not just some anonymous person on some anonymous board claiming that I know everything. An authoritative source lets a person see for themselves what the rules are. That is better than asking people who don't know me to take the word of someone they can't check out.

I hope the purpose here is to help people and help point them to information, not just inflate our own egos trying to convince everyone how much we know. As bent out of shape as people get, I do have to wonder. As for me, I'll always provide an authoritative source for any advice on answers I give so it isn't just me saying so. I've represented a large number of people before the IRS on every topic imaginable, but there's no way anyone here would have any way to verify that so nothing substitutes for authoritative sources if someone is going to actually make a decision based on the things said here.

I certainly don't want the responsibility of steering someone wrong, and then excusing it with a flippant "well, advice is worth what you pay for it". If I can't help someone, I'd rather remain silent.
Bubba,

I think its fairly clear from the posts that the OP has been primarily living in Italy in the last three years, in which case the home they live in in Italy would be their primary residence.

Its also seem fairly clear that they now want to purchase a home in the US and classify the Italy home as a vacation home.

If the situation is different from that then they will come back and say so.