Tax
Credits for Armed Service Personnel
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Tax laws
provide special benefits for active
members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
U.S. Armed Forces includes officers and
enlisted personnel in all regular and
reserve units controlled by the
Secretaries of Defense including
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- The Coast Guard
U.S. Merchant Marine
and the American Red Cross are not
included but, these and other support
personnel may qualify for certain tax
deadline extensions because of their
service in a combat zone. Combat zones are areas designated by
the U.S. President by Executive Order as
an area in which U.S. Armed Forces have engaged in combat.
Service outside a combat zone is
considered to be inside a combat zone if
the service is in direct support of
combat zone military operations.
Service outside a hazardous duty area
for support of operations in a hazardous
duty area is treated as serving in a
combat zone only for the purpose of
getting an extension deadline.
Income received during service in a
combat zone does not have to be reported
as gross income, this includes:
-
Pay for duties as a member of the Armed
Forces in clubs, messes, post and
station theaters served in a combat zone
-
Active duty pay earned in any month
served in a combat zone
-
Re-enlistment bonus if re-enlistment or
voluntary extension occurs during a
month served in a combat zone
-
Pay for accrued leave
as long as the unused
leave was earned during the month served
in a combat zone
-
Awards or achievement pay made for a
suggestion or achievement made while
serving in a combat zone
-
Student loan repayments if the entire
year of service required to earn the
repayment was performed in a combat zone
You can also exclude
military pay earned while hospitalized
but your hospitalization must be due to
having served in a combat zone. This is
true even if you’re hospitalized after
combat zone service. (you don’t have to
be hospitalized in the combat zone).
Free Online Tax Filing is
Available to Many Military Members
Members of the military can take
advantage of Free File, which allows
taxpayers to prepare and e-file their
federal income tax return online for
free. The program can be accessed from
any computer connected to the Internet,
making it convenient for those stationed
abroad on military duty.
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