Veterans, we are conducting a nationwide poll to see whether people think military retirement pay should be exempt from taxes. Please submit your answer below and take a look at the results from other vets, thanks for your time.
Veterans, we are conducting a nationwide poll to see whether people think military retirement pay should be exempt from taxes. Please submit your answer below and take a look at the results from other vets, thanks for your time.
I am a Retired and Disable Veteran, and Get Retirement Pay and Social Security, I think we should not be Taxes on both of them. Why ? Because we have already been taxed on Both Retirement and Social Security.
Military retirement should not be taxed due to the fact it has already been taxed many times
Not only MILITARY pay should not be taxed, but MILITARY Disability should not be taxed!
Military disability isn’t taxable income.
If the U.S government stop giving Ukraine million upon million of tax payer dollars to buy weapon and bomb in a war that the U.S created we will have a surplus,of cash to help the same people that died to keep this country free, I seen veteran go to war and are injury, and it take the v.a 20years to give them their benefits, but Ukraine tell the United States that they need 100 million, the next day the u.s government will send them 5 hundred million, and have more when they ask for it, but veteran it take 20 years to received their benefits, some veteran die before they get their benefit, i always wonder who is the enemy of the america people, it sure are not iran or russia
Thomas,
VA disability is not taxed.
Yes I agree that Military Retirement Pay should be Exempt from taxes. I also feel that Retired Reservist should be able to draw their Retirement when they retire just as Retired Active Duty does.
Absolutely brother. I agree wholeheartedly.
survivor benefits should not be tax
I was an naval aviator. I served 17 years 5 months 2.6 weeks and was forced out on an honorable, medical discharge just before they would have had to medically retire me. I was put out on a 10 % disability for chronic depression. I bought a lifetime membership in the DAV and thanks to their help I was rated at 40 % within two years. I am now 70 years old and was finally rated at 100 %, 6 months ago. My wife and family served right along with me and because I was put out at such a low rating and it took so long, we have had no benefits to speak of all these years. When I pass, my disability pay ceases, leaving her with virtually nothing. My wife deserves to continue to receive my disability payment for the remainder of her life!!
I believe that Military Retirement should not be taxed just like VA Disability isn’t. I also feel that States/Counties should not be able to use VA Disability or any nontaxable income towards calculating child support. I pay over $1100 a month in Louisiana for 1 child because of my 100% VA Disability, Military Retirement, and my Civilian Job. My exe’s husband has the exact same. but they don’t count his income just like they don’t count my wife’s income. Therefore, while my family is hurting in some way’s my ex is making off like a bandit not too mention her hubby also gets oil checks every month for land he has in Texas. This is some BullCrap I tell ya.
I don’t get any retirement from the service, but what I get from Social Security and part time and full time jobs should be without taxes.
I served and I was broken in service. The Military fixes your body and sends you back to duty until they break it so badly you are no longer functional. They fix your body well enough for survival after the time in service but you are still military. Mentally you were not done and they retired you because it is a young persons game, you are too old and have had too many repairs for continued service.
WELL…If you served this country’s military for even one term, one enlistment, a two-year served hitch, any branch active duty, You should be exempt from ALL retirement taxes. While you work in the economy you should pay taxes, that is what government needs, shared funds to operate. But when you retire, you should be military exempt from all taxes, including state retail and state property tax. You should be paid for life because, you did pay for it with your life, you just happened to live thru the service to your country. These thoughts are from an US Army Retired Ranger Specialist.
I agree. Biden is the one who started the taxing of .S.S. When he was in Congress. We should not be taxed on our tiny monthly S.S. Checks..
I’m a 74-year-old Navy Nam Vet rated @ 90% disability and not a retired Vet. Military Retirement should not be treated as taxable income just as disability income isn’t however Social Security is only taxed if you reach a certain income level, but any outside income you earn from other sources are rightfully taxed, I don’t believe just because we served, we are due the benefit any other tax break.
I am a 100% disabled veteran from Vietnam. Not only do I believe that my disability pay should not be taxed but I also believe that the disability payments should begin from the time of leaving service. I hope you do present all our views above to Congress and the President.
I am retired with 30 percent disability from Vietnam. My 30 percent is not taxed the other is. It should ALL be tax free.
I’m a USAF Retired E8 with 32;years of service. I am 40% VA Service Connected and have to fund my own disability benefits out of my retired pay. How is this policy in effect? It is not equitable and is discriminatory to all retirees with a less than a VA 50% service connected disability? Are there any class action lawsuits pending for restoration of military retirement pay of these affected individuals?
I am service connected disability. It shouldn’t have to come out our retirement. It should be separate.
I agree, my 20% comes out of my retirement
We take care of the homeless better than the vet and other people for other countries
Federal and State tax should be exempt for every veteran that honorably served their time and country!
VA disability pay should be paid separate from retired pay not taken from the veterans retired pay.
YES!!
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Veteran’s paid retirement benefits,Not Government. I paid enough money to make sure I wouldn’t keep paying.
That is totally correct we all sacrificed we all served and should not be taxed state or federal if you did so with honor.
Yes we should not be, as a disabled veteran we and other veteran what else do we need to give, so taxes is the is the lease the country can do!!!
America does not take care of their military service people yet they take care of the politicians. The service are the best and should be treated as such. Many who work at the VA look down on Vets.
Yes, too much is given to politicians.
While not perfect, America does a hell of a job taking care of veterans.
Better than anyone else in the world.
I’ve never been treated with anything but respect at the VA. I am sorry you have this problem.
Funny how we get shafted and members of Congress get everything you can imagine. They get paid for life after serving just one term. They get free medical care and you can bet their program is a hell of a lot better than ours. We paid the price and we should get the tax free retirement paid. Also the disability pay injured members get should be in addition to their regular retirement pay.
Disability pay for the military should also not be at taxed
Leroy, sorry to inform you, VA disability pay is tax free.
It isn’t, if you receive disability income and are reporting it as income you need to stop, also consider checking to see you can amend past returns.
I agree with Thomas. The politian do get more. We shouldn’t have to pay taxes.
my husband was 100% disabled due to several things he had to fight 10 years to get that, agent orange was killing =him and yet he was disabled for emotional issues. the VA did not document his rapid weight loss and we lost him in 2020. aspiration pneumonia.
i think the surviving spouse should also get tax free pension. oh we get a tiny amount but not the full amount. also only get a portion from the VA.
veterans should be treated better.
If the state of Ohio and various other states can honor military retirees by exempting retiree pay from state taxes, the federal government should do the same. After all, it was the federal government we were working for at that time in the first place, wasn’t it?
No taxes for vets dot period. We’ve paid our dues and because of my undying love for God and country, I’m paying the piper with longer hospital stays and unexplained illness. Congress knows what they’re doing by delaying compensation to us in hopes that we’ll die off before they have to admit they owe all of us vets. Sure miss President Trump!!
I agree. You serve honorably you should never pay taxes!
Butch, I must disagree with you regarding Mr. Trump. He never really did anything of substance for the VETERANS except to call us CHUMPS AND LOOSERS, PLUS HE LABELED LATE SENATOR JOHN McCAIN A LOSER FOR BEING A POW during the VIET NAM WAR. THIS FROM A DRAFT EVADER WHOSE FATHER BOUGHT HIM A DEFERFMENT FROM A DOCTOR DESIGNATION OF HAVING BONE SPURS. I DO NOT MISS THIS PERSON.
Hey Russell, all Butch said is that he misses Donald Trump. No need for your negative political discourse and rants. Your capitalized sentences sure make an impact though!
I see not one thing negative about his discourse.
He may have been shouting with his all caps, but his anger is entirely appropriate. Trump and most of the Republicans treat veterans like scum.
If they take over congress in the election, they have already made plans to come after disability payments, housing, a cap on military pay; and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Republicans are no friends to any veteran.
Trump honors Military. Ding lump him in with the RNC
agree with you!
Military pay was taxed when you are on active duty. Taxing retired benefits is double taxation.
As a Tax Pro you need to understand that Retirement Pay is not double taxed.
That should be if we as Armed Forces of the United States protect and defend our country with honor and pride and dignity. It’s not right for US Congress to come after US Veterans benefits !!! Vote these people out they must respect US Veterans !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
TEXAS should “STOP” taxing VETS…
Funny Texas doesn’t tax my military retirement pay!
This applies to any kind of tax. 23 years in, 2 tours in Vietnam. Taxing retired vets is NOT SUPPORTING WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE COUNTRY.
Senate Bill 11 became law in Utah in March 2021 and exempted all military pensions from taxation.
Rmcsss K Younginer. I have always been treated with respect at the VA
Agree, my husband served his country for 21 years so no they shouldn’t be taxed
They served and protected our country, their retirement should be tax free.
WE PAID OUR DUES PLANTING LAND MINES.,LOSING LIMS,DIGGING UP MINE FIELDS,NOW WE CAN,T BREATH/GOT AGENT ORANGE,PROSTATE CANCER AND SOME OF US SLEEPING IN CARDBOARD BOXES AND TENTS WHILE IMMIGRANTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES ARE COMING
OVER HERE KILLING OUR CHILDREN WITH FETIONAL YOU TELL ME””””””””””””””””””””””””””””
I see every day Veterans living on the street…they are NOT receiving enough money to live any where else. When I see this I try to help them, I now live with my daughter. Foe a while I lived in the state of
Georgia and that state taxed my military retired pay. They were doing this wrong. I moved to another
state. BUT when the courts made them stop doing this…I DID NOT receive any money back from them.
I was told we have your money and you are not getting anything back. SHAME SHAME….
Our federal government is so broke they will continue to tax all income that is not disability income. Simply put, it takes money to pay for services the federal government provides, and we all know where that money comes from — your pocket, my pocket, his pocket, her pocket, etc. Like it or not, the federal government sees your retirement pay (and mine) as income, which is why they tax it, along with the income of every other worker in America. Yes, I know people get paid “under the table,” but that’s a whole other conversation.
State governments are another story. Some states have an income tax, and others don’t. If you are fortunate to live in a state without a state income tax, you are obviously able to keep more of your retirement pay in your pocket. If your state has an income tax, you are keeping less of your retirement pay, but hopefully your dollars (and those of other retirees) are being used to provide state services.
All states should be tax free if you were a vet
Senate Bill 11 became law in Utah in March 2021 and exempted all military pensions from taxation. In the
Isn’t it enough that greedy politicians supposedly represent us and get over paid to sir around and get themselves nice fat pay raises, while Vets have to suffer.
When i retrieved from the fire dept in CT for 38 1/2 yrs. my ss was $2200.00 a month thanks to Regan its now $108..00 and his the windfall act . This is so ‘American’, to screw our police fire, and veteran. of money’s so these politician can line their own pockets and give their families and children all the education and toy’s they could want or need, and then some. When I asked about the money’s that we contributed to ss that we the people put in not the employers they looked at me like i had a 3rd head and well that’s not your’s.
I worked for it and on top of that I payed TAX’S on it..
NO ANSWER!!!!! I personally asked Senators Rosa and Blumenthal, you remember him the senator who claimed HE WAS was a vet! LIERS!!!
Vets should not have to pay taxes when they retired. Keep pushing it.thanks
Agreed we have social security taxes too thanks to Biden as a when he was in the Senate. Thanks mr President fir taxes our social security and u totally support taxing our retirement too! It’s ashame! I
Veterans should be exempt from paying property taxes also
Absolutely Exempt! I am a military widow. My retirement check is $340.00 per month from the military for 25.3 years of service, including Vietnam and time in service during Afghanistan. It is not enough to buy groceries and gas anymore let alone pay a mortgage or pay for a much needed new vehicle. Sorry to complain but the family suffers along with the Veterans forever.
Taxation of Social Security started in 1974 and modified in 1975.
Adding Military Pay, Working Salary, and if you are receiving Social Security
you will pay Taxes on your Social Security.
The modification of 1975 states the if:
“Single” and your Annual Income is over $16,000
“Married” and your Annual Income is over $32,000
You will pay additional taxes on your Social Security
Wake up! Biden did not tax social security.
Ronnie Reagan began taxing social security in 1984.
That’s the problem we have–people like you automatically vote Republican. If you take an honest look at their record for the last 20 years or so, they have done nothing but screw veterans.
Democrats are the ones who have saved and improved the VA, service housing, pay increases, better body armor, etc.
Senate Bill 11 became law in Utah in March 2021 and exempted all military pensions from taxation. In the
I retired from the Air Force after 23 years and 5 months. My retirement pay was not enough to support myself and my family so I had to get a job after retirement, no problem I worked at the USPS for about years until I couldn’t do that work because of injuries I sustained while on active duty. I still needed to work so I taught high school AFJROTC for 14 years until I couldn’t do that anymore. That was a job that I truly enjoyed, working with our future military personnel. I was fortunate to have a very good doctor at the VA who sent me to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital for a MRI. After their evaluation, the VA rated me at 100% disable. I am fortunate to get my military retirement, VA disability, state retirement from the school system and my social security. I think I am fortunate to receive the income that I receive. My VA disability is not taxed but everything else is taxed. Now with that being said, I don’t think that military retirement, social security, and definitely not a teacher’s retirement (they don’t get paid enough as it is) should be taxed.
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WHAT ABOUT SERVICEMAN AND WOMAN THAT SERVE THE COUNTRY
ALL SHOULD BE EXEMPT
Indeed. They are asked to risk their lives, not paid enough, serve far from home and loved ones, yet they are taxed as any stay at home. Give them and the retirees tax relief. John Morgan, Navy retiree.
Amen to that!
I should be taxed since military can claim any state with valid ID. After 20 plus years, retirement should not
Totally agree.
I agree 100% with you . But what they are doing to the WWII and Korean War vets that put 20 or more years to our health care is disgraceful. They promised us if we put 20 + years on active duty , our health care would be free for life. Well in 1995 , Bill Clinton and the democrats force us to pay for our health care . Then at age 65 , they forced us onto Medicare . So right now , I’m paying $344 a month for my free health care. In 2001 we had a law suite against the government to correct this . George Bush, Dick Chaney and Donald Rhumsfield , said that the money could be spent better elsewhere . What a disgrace. They could rectify very easy at hardly any expense , since there’s only a few of us left.
My husband served 20 years including 1 in Vietnam when his F4 was shot down and he and co-pilot were able to eject. Sustained injuries and burns. He collects 100 percent tax free every month.
Not Clinton: “President Clinton acted immediately in the wake of his historic election to put into action his Health Care Reform Initiative. Clinton simultaneously created the Task Force on National Health Care Reform and the White House Health Care Interdepartmental Working Group on January 25, 1993.”
Republicans opposed it so most of it never got done.
And no, the Democrats did not force anything upon you.
I agree 100% Being the wife of a 20 yr veteran his retirement surely isn’t enough to live on. He now has alzheimers and that makes it worse as we get no other help. I know that when he passes I will not receive his retirement but a senator or other officials can put 2 yrs in and they get paid the rest of their lives.. Go figure where our money and taxes go.
Only for officers can retire without getting another job, ever. 20 years of my life gone
John: all I can tell you is stay out of New Jersey that state is run by Crooks.
NOTE especially if you are going to work for yourself!?!?
agreed! 100%
They should be honest not penalized!!!
Hello fellow veteran. All through my career active duty we didn’t make enough to feed our family, AND HELL NO IT SHOULD NOT BE TAXED, they take SS taxes from your first job. If the politicians lived like we do. Our government would not have a deposit that we do…….WELCOME HOME BROTHER”
My name is Sandy. I understand. I was in for 21 years and I had to get out on a disability for my eyes and more. I don’t receive my retirement. The VA received my retirement and I receive the disability.
Sandra…. Is the disability amount more or less that regular retirement you would have been paid ? If the regular retirement is more, I, personally, would forfeit the disability and submit for regular retirement, as the VA will still provide the health service for your eyes.
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UPDATE to Sandra.
.I see one person above , (James) is obtaining BOTH disability AND retirement……. you may want to check further with VA Benefits and/or one of the Military Orgs (Am Legion, DAV, etc)
I think the disability is not taxable. Regular retirement is taxed.
on the tax subject : ..tax’s would be determined by the AGI (adjusted gross income) number on the tax form.
By the time deductions are made (eg; personal or, the itemized) the AGI could be a third of the total income and possibly taking oneself below the Gov’t guideline of the poverty number… IF any tax’s are due, I am guessing it would be a minimal amount….
My husband, a retired Air Force Lt. Col. He has 100% disability and that is not taxed. His Air Force retirement is taxed. We both receive Social Security which is also taxed. We need the Republicans to support no taxes for the people who put their lives in danger every day.
I agree Roberta, but we need both Republicans and Democrats to support NO TAXES. It doesn’t fall on one Political Party, it falls on all the Politicians that are keeping what belongs to Veterans and any other person that works and risks their lives.
Concur!! I miss Trump
Trump stunk up our country and did nothing for the veterans except hate on them and insult them.
When we were on active duty our pay was taxed, so why would the retirements be exempt. I live in a state that does not have income tax so I am fortunate. Disability should not be taxed as it’s for a disability incurred while on active duty…
Same with Federal Government Employees. We can blame President Regan. He influenced the United States Congress to change the laws for Federal Government Employees and the Retired Military.
He also penalized Military retirees from double dipping and changed the Federal Government Employees retirement plan from Civil Service to FEERS. All of these policies was implemented in 1985.
Hello, I was active duty under Reagan first decent pay raise I had seen throughout my career
Amen to that!
You are right Regan really screwed people over when he did the windfall act. My husband did 30 years in Law enforcement, but prior to that all the work before that he paid into social security he gets a third of what he should be getting. As for me I gave up the fight for getting anything from the VA and fighting for my disability.
More than retirement pay shouldn’t be taxed, neither should pay for service connected disabilities be taxed. Very often, those service connected disabilities meant the person was unable to continue to serve to retirement whether they wanted to or not.
It is bad enough that they fight over giving the Military a Pay Raise. Them being those that are suppose to Represent us make sure they always get theirs. There hasn’t been a good Military pay raise in 20 years..
When is the first or last time u saw the speaker of house or senate wear combat shoes and carried a duffal bag??
When I joined the military, it was law that if finished required time to retire, our medical benefits for you and spouse was free Who were the fat cats that changed this and then took a huge pay raise. Guess who yes it was the Slave Master once again
I agree that when a veteran hits retirement age they should not be taxed. In some cases it’s the only money they have to support themselves. Social security helps but that system is so over taxed by the illegal immigrants, Heaven only knows how long the system is going to keep going. Social Security & veteran retirement was suppose to help those who served our county faithfully. Those faithful citizens, & I repeat citizens, who have paid into the system, have the right to receive social security. They worked hard & contributed to social security deserve to have it available when they retire. But congress borrowed from the Soc. Sec. funds & never returned what they borrowed. illegal immigrants who are not citizens are draining the system into the red. So they wonder why so many people are unhappy with the government. No common sense, Greed, and power hungry politicians. That’s the bottom line. Well I guess I got up on my soap box. Sorry if I did, but it’s how I feel. But there has to be limits & the Democrats don’t seem to understand that. Everyone needs to understand that everyone is not going to be satisfied, Our elected officials must do what’s needed for the good whole country. .
Retirement pay should not be taxed
Most of us are on a fixed income and need every nickel! No to tax!
I’m praying that the United States Supreme Court rule in our favor. When they hear the court case regarding Veterans receiving back pay from the time they were discharge from the military instead of the date the initial claim was filed.
Right. My retirement pay has not increased 1 dime in 36 years. But costs still go up.
Military Retired pay should be tax exempt.
The main reason is there is very little incentive to serve our country.
When the president forgives loans for education there is no reason to serve our country for an educational benefit.
Generally, the Dems dont respect the military in jesture and thought and generally dont support the Vets who do the fighting for our way of life.
That’s a bunch of bull. Democrats have all ways loved Vets and supports them. Most of our raises come from Democrats. And Democrats are leading the way NOW! why the do not Republicans are doing NOTHING!
Go back and do your research Eric. Dems had the lowest raises for the military especially BObama at 1% for 8 years. Reps strengthen the nation’s defense while Dems weaken it consistently.
Stop with the cult postings. You’re supposedly a veteran, so it should be President Obama.
BTW, it was the Republican-controlled congress that only gave a 1% pay hike.
You need history lessons.
John’s right Eric. I served 37 years in the Army and was always happy to see a Republican elected because it meant we might get a raise equal to or a little above inflation.
Eric, I see you have been in the KOOLAID .
And you are n the CULT-aid.
I think Mr. Thomas needs to wake up from his dream, The “do everything Democrats” want to do everything for illegal immigrants and nothing for the legal citizens but take everything away from us, so read your history books, our government did this before. Immigrants came into this country and took everything away from those that were already here, decimated them, and left them to die. Look at what is happening today, the same thing, but people are just too blind to see, or to dumb to admit it.
Why don’t the Repubs stop giving everything to the rich like their tax breaks ? Than maybe retirees won’t have To pay taxes
irregardless, it’s still “gained income” shipmate. , it’s no different than the taxes I’m required on my Civil Service retirement pay. The real screwing we’ve had to take since we retired is the erosion of our Medical benefits. Promises made, Promises broken!!!
AGREED, our medical guaranteed by contract is being or has already been striped away from us.
The dems? What are you talking about?
I also agree that Military Retirement should not be taxed at least after we reach the age of retirement (65 yoa). before that we should pay taxes except on disability pay. I think that would be fair and equitable to all as long as it is also agreed that States cannot tax retired pay after retirement age as well. (my state Louisiana does not currently tax federal/Military retirement pay)
I think that anyone over the age of 65 that receives SSN, military retirement check or pension under $150,000 should not be taxed. That’s one way of taking care of our elderly. I also believe that Medicare should provide everyone over the age of 65, 100% coverage and that includes prescriptions, hospital, vision and dental. All inclusive. That’s how we should be toward our retirees.
According to a Dr. Humphrey at Mare Island V.A. clinic, Vallejo, Ca. who i am assigned to(for now) when i asked if i can have an MRI since 10 years ago my MRI showed the gel that cushions a persons spinal on my 2nd & 3rd vertebrae has been leaking, due to an accident on the ship i was on in Vietnam, said, ” The problem with you military retirees is you think you are entitled to everything”. I had to bite my tongue
before i got in trouble!!!
You should contact Patient advocate and file a complaint.
Yes absolutely report him!! He is there to take care of the veterans! Who knows what he has denied in treatment options because of his opinions!!
YES, I THINK THAT ALL OF US VETERAN’S SHOULD GET IT FREE OF OUR RETIREMENT CHECKS FROM THE IRS, PERIOD! AND WE VETERAN’S SHOULD GET A WHOLE LOT MORE FREEBIES IN THIS COUNTRY FOR SERVING OUR COUNTRY WHETHER IN WAR TIME OR NOT!! AND THOSE ARE THE FACTS!! OUR COUNTRY IS GOING DOWN THE TUBE WITH OUR SO CALLED TRASHY LEADERS THAT WE HAVE IN POWER RIGHT NOW! THEY NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, AND BY THE PEOPLE, AND THOSE ARE THE FACTS!!
Yes, SS and military benefits should be tax exempt. SS was earned by paying taxes on our wages and now we’re being taxed on it again. We are taxed when they collected it and now taxed when getting it back.
You can thank Ronald Reagan for the tax on our social security.
Not exactly a tax, but actually worse – retirees should not have to pay ex-spouses 50% of their “retainer” pay … the ex-spouse is not subject to a recall-to-active-duty, nor a subject to UCMJ for life … did you know that the retired pay of a member of congress is not subject to former spouse division ? what’s up with that ?
Pretty convenient for the members of Congress whom did not sign up to physically become property of the U. S. A.
the VA is the worst organization in America
they could care less about veterans
it takes years and private attorneys to get the benefits one deserves
after going to twenty doctors who stated my condition has deuterated
I still haven’t been granted proper benefits
they procrastinate on purpose so you will dye so they don’t have pay benefits
it’s been seven years and still fighting for proper benefits
the VA sucks
It took me twenty years to get the benefits I deserved
It took me 40 years after returning from Vietnam
Completely agree. At least if they remarry support should stop. I put myself in harms way. She did not join the military. Ex-spouses don’t deserve half. Congress should abide by the same rules
Yea but a ceo that earns 500 mil a year should be taxed at 90%
Well said Dave. This has to be changed.
I totally agree with you… They call it “dividing of property “. Retirement check is not property…period!!! If I were to comit a felony and get sentenced to prison for years… are they going to stop or withhold her portion of the divided property??? We need to raise up and have the law makers revisit the “former spouse act”! As much as they claim she served…she ain’t seen a day of combat…I have!
I retired from the military….divorced after 18 yrs of marriage of those 20 years while in military…….wife entitled to half give or take,6 months away from retirement. She wanted the kids and her feredom. We have two children. She lets me raise them. While we wer married she had 10 years CIvilian Service. Even though I am raising the kids, she is still entitled to a dissomaster amount of spouse support because she was NOT WORKING at the time of the divorce…..she returns to our home of record leaves me and the kids in high ass California. Goes back to working for the government in Illinois. Lord rest her soul. She passes away 4 years later due to an illness. I should be entitled to half of her government retirement, right? Especiailly since I was not only married to her for 18 years but I has school age children of hers that I am still raising, right? How much of her retirement am I entitled to? Zero….How much is her kids entitled to? Up to age 18 then the Annuity is done. Where does her retirement go to………Back into the Civilian personnel pot for the future governement civilians that will die. They factor all this in when they add up how much retirement annuities they have to pay out each month! The Fers and CSSR Annuities are a crock of UTTER BS as compared to the Military retirement system for spouses. Its set up for women and children and SCREWS dads who have to raise childrent BIG TIME!
The Hawk Perspective:
So how long should a person who served honorably for this country have to continue to sacrifice, make sacrifices?
That’s my question! To tax a veterans hard earned benefits is not only disrespectful but shows the fact that after a person serves or retires from service plus disabled due to injuries incurred from service proves what vets have been saying for decades that the US Government don’t care about you after service no matter what great things you have done.
I moved to Texas from North Carolina back in 2017 because at the time I retired plus a 100% disability from the Depart. Of Vet Affairs the State of NC was taxing me every November and it was hard to rebuild in the upcoming new year to save up money for next years tax season.
I am happy that Texas don’t tax military and the US Government shouldn’t tax either, just show a little love respect to those who served.
That’s my Perspective,,,,,
I agree retired pension should not be taxed
My present husband served four years in the Navy and 16 years in the Air Force. He is now 84 years old with a host of extremely serious medical problems, partly or mostly from being in the service. He is not on disability but should be; doesn’t think he deserves it; but I do! He worked on fuselage on the airplanes and was exposed to agent orange. He had to find another job after retiring from the service to finish raising his family. I don’t think any active or retired service men or women or their families should have to pay any taxes; ever! Isn’t it enough that they risk/risked their lives fighting for our country and our freedoms, not to mention all the sacrifices they and their families have/had to make by doing so? They earn/earned and deserve so much more than this! And dental and eye care should be covered completely under Medicare & Tricare, and Medicaid, not only at the VA, but anywhere they and their families choose to go to get that coverage!
Agree with you 100%. Your spouse should be 100% disabled and receiving every benefit possible! Thank you for your service 🙏
Yes he totally deserves all the benefits. he is entitled too. If I were you I would find a Veterans office, VFW group or Disabled American Veterans. I think you should get the ball rolling. Make sure you have all his paperwork together. The VA Rep will need it. Since he was exposed to Agent Orange he DEFINITELY needs to get the benefits.. Don’t hestitate. Do it now. It will take awhile to go thru the VA system. Good luck!!! .
Absolutely Military should be exempt from taxes. Some of us have family. Spouse ‘ husbands’ children who have given their lives for this country. That’s [email protected]
I agree 100% with you Joanne. 💯👍
WERE DO I GET AN IPHONE OR A FREE SMART PHONE FROM THE VA, DISABLED VIETNAM MILITARY VETERAN. NEVER HAD ONE BECAUSE THEY COST TO MUCH ANDTHE PAYMENTS EVERY MONTH ARE REDICULOUS. FIRST I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT SO IT SHOULD BE FREE. THEY WOULD TAKE ADVANYAGE OF ME FOR NOT KNOWING HOW TO USE ONE
I HAD TO PAY TAXES WHEN I WAS A MILITARY VETERAN FROM 1963 TO 1969. MILITARY SERVICE PEOPLE NEED TO PAY Taxes
I spent 23 years in the US Navy and have been a military retiree for 35 years. I was fortunate enough to learn a trade in the Navy that has paid me well for the past 35 years. I do believe all US citizens should pay their fair share of taxes and there should not be loop holes in the system. Everyone and every business should pay a fair flat tax rate based on earned income only. Any retirement income should not be taxed. Unearned income such as pensions, social security, retirement savings accounts, etc. should be off limits to any government. There is nothing more disheartening than to see your retirement savings being robbed by every level of government politician who invests your money in some welfare program to buy votes from some undeserving freeloader.
Howdy you should run congress!!
All Retired Disabled Military should be TAX FREE. No State or Federal Taxes at all, there is no way on God’s earth that we can be compensated for not only the years of service or the pain of being Disabled because of that service. Oh by the way there is only one true Rate in the NAVY, we gave birth to all the rest.
All disability pay is tax exempt. They are asking if all retirement pay for military should be tax exempt.
To all, the IRS has a tax code (IRS Publication 525, page 18) that address this area for all miliary retired personnel!
I strongly believe if our elected officials provide and can take advanage of being tax exempt, we military personnel should be aware of should knowledge that provide awareness, guidance and know-how in this subject matter area.
Please review the following IRS tax code document informational, for additional details and follow actions to be taken! Wish all well on this segment of lifes journey!
Again please see >> IRS Publication 525, page 18
All the best, Milton J. Lockley, RET-VET, 28-YRS of dynamic Naval service!
Unfortunately, this doesn’t apply to veterans who are receiving retirement pay. I submitted the complete package to DFAS; but was told it doesn’t apply…
Military retirement payments shouldn’t be tax neither should social security..the Republicans party want to get rid of social security, but vote to give themselves a pay raise often. And cut taxes for the rich and big companies.
I see you have been in the KOOLAID also .
Page 18 discusses Military Disability pensions. Page 16 discusses regular retirement pay. “Payments you receive as a member of a military service are generally taxed as wages except for retirement pay, which is taxed as a pension.” and “Military retirement pay. If your retirement pay is based on age or length of service, it’s taxable and must be included in your income as a pension on lines 5a and 5b of Form 1040 or 1040-SR. Don’t include in your income the amount of any reduction in retirement or retainer pay to provide a survivor annuity for your spouse or children under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan or the Survivor Benefit Plan.”
No I do not think that the military should not be taxable because the men’s serve their country and I think that they should deserve all what they work for
Yes it should be exempt. I spent 29 years and 9 months on active duty in the Army. I retired in 1991. Military pay was skimpy to say the least. Members of the military SERVED THIS COUNTRY honorably and when retired the government found every way it could to not pay us what we deserved and earned through our service. Members of Congress live high on the hog when they no longer are a member of the Congress. They make millions for basically doing not much of anything.
My retirement is similar to yours but I retired years earlier after 30 years and the retirement based on those years of service is quite meager compared to what service people now get. Congress should not have more than two terms and NO retirement. Their primary job should be as a citizen, not a government suckling.
Yes I agree with you 100%. I served in the Army for 28 years and 5 months, I retired in 1992.
Agree! Get rid of career politicians!
This reference applies to disability pay which is equal to the percentage of your disability determined medically. If you have an SF15 showing 30% disability then 30% of your retirement is not taxed. This question is asking if all of the retirement pay should be tax exempt!
I served 21 years in the U.S.N. and worked for 11 years after that at Chevron U.S.A. where i had a 401K. In 2009, i took out half of my 401K $140K, then about 2 years ago i wanted to get all of it since i am past 70 years. Vanguard who administered Chevron’s 401 K now says i have taken all of it out. I have been asking Vanguard for details of disbursement checks, but they could not present one. I contacted Travis AFB in Fairfield Ca. to ask for Legal Help and i was told they can’t help me. They said i should get a lawyer. This is what i get for having served 21 years and 2 wars, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars?????
Contact your congressman for assistance .
Also try your local TV station consumer reporter for help.
Please contact your congressman as a army veteran my congressman was a God send and fixed my problem the next day
The same thing happened to me, including the relinquishment of an almost paid-off beautiful home, my brother. I had 31 years of military service and recently retired. It’s legal, and if you don’t immediately set up an allotment, this State will garner your retirement pay. Since the child support was for my daughter, I promptly initiated the 💰 payments.
Long story short, I found a job and got on a strict budget (Dave Ramsey), and now own two paid-for 🏠 residences.
Be patient and let God guide you, my brother. You have gracefully served this great nation, therefore it’s time to enjoy life without stress. Blessings.
I’m also a Retired Veteran & 100 % percent disabled. I also pay on my Military Retirement. Also the Military Finance is Garnishing my Military Pay without a Judge Authorization for my Military Pay to be Garnish. Was only married Y for 2 1/2 years before Retirement. Military finance para pro said they can do it. Even with me paying per my divorce papers. I think this is illegal
The same thing happened to me, including the relinquishment of an almost paid-off beautiful home, my brother. I had 31 years of military service and recently retired. It’s legal, and if you don’t immediately set up an allotment, this State will garner your retirement pay. Since the child support was for my daughter, I promptly initiated the 💰 payments.
Long story short, I found a job and got on a strict budget (Dave Ramsey), and now own two paid-for 🏠 residences.
Be patient and let God guide you, my brother. You have gracefully served this great nation, therefore it’s time to enjoy life without stress. Blessings.
To be clear, the question is about retirement pay not about disability pay. VA disability pay is already not taxed. Based on the remaining pay, that is taxed.
Hey, its income.
20 years in the Corps and getting excellent VA care. So my wife and I, also a vet, have both received great care. Some older vets, like us, still believe the VA of old. Don’t!
I pray for those vets who suffer.
I served for 21 years and 2 Wars, Vietnam and Persian Gulf, i believe people who have served this country for a considerable time should be exempt from taxes. But i would trade paying taxes on my retired pay if i can get exemption from Property Taxes; you only get a pass from paying Property taxes if ur rated 100% disabled!!!
VA care of those of us who really need care are neglected by VA. I have sever neuropathy in my feet and go to an Acupuncturist and must pay for it my self.
The military will only take care of you if you can prove your condition was because of your military service that’s just how it works
After 30 years active and reserve service during three wars, I feel blessed that I have only a 10% VA disability rating with several 0% conditions that might require future treatment. It is my opinion that taxing regular retirement should be means based. That is, if you are a retired colonel/congressman WITHOUT disabilities you should pay taxes on your retirement. All 100% disabled veterans should not pay taxes on their retirement/disability pay.
My father also served during three wars without ever claiming any disability compensation. My father and I were grateful for VA education and home loan benefits. It was his opinion, along with many other WW II veterans, that since he was never wounded in battle, he did not deserve disability compensation. He was grateful for two GI Bills that helped him obtain the first college degrees in his family. He was not angry that he had to continue working after his retirement from the Air Force in 1968.
My mother and I submitted his claim for a service-connected death due to kidney cancer. The VA and the Air Force denied this claim. Due to my father’s rank at retirement, my mother would never receive any compensation for his service-connected death, just the satisfaction of knowing his death was caused to due to exposure to radiation as an atomic weapons officer in the 1950’s and 60’s.
If given an opportunity to vote on taxing of retirement benefits, I repeat that the taxation should depend on means testing for non-disability retirement pay. As for the behavior of our federal and state representatives in regards to veterans benefits, including retirement pay taxation, I am surprised by the increased availability of veteran benefits that I have enjoyed over the last 20 years or so. Note that the percentage of veterans serving in the US Congress and state legislative offices is at the lowest rate since our nation was formed in the late 1700’s. With a reduced percentage of veterans serving in public office, one might expect reduced veteran benefits.
According to an article dated July 13, 2020, there were about 1.3 million active-duty personnel, or less than one-half of 1 percent of the U.S. population. There are around 19 million U.S. veterans as of 2021, according to data from the Department of Veterans Affairs, representing less than 10% of the total U.S. adult population, and around 7 percent of the total US population.
Over the past half-century, the number of people on active duty has dropped significantly, from 3.5 million in 1968, during the military draft era, to about 1.4 million (or less than 1% of all U.S. adults) in today’s all-volunteer force.
With the numbers dropping, it seems like one of the benefits that could be offered to increase our ALL VOLUNTEER SERVICE, should be tax-exempt retirement pay.
I’m a retired, disabled veteran, and I’m not working but I’m still trying to figure out why I’m paying taxes on my retirement. I’m still trying to catch up from 2017 paying taxes. It’s enough to make you wonder what we were fighting for. And then I look at how people can come here from other countries and have their whole families get taken care of. Get loans, jobs, businesses, medical care, etc. .
Amen to that. It seems as though the American dream is ONLY for immigrants and illegals not for Patriots or citizens. We are stuck paying for THEM with our taxes.
EXACTLY! What in the world did we fight for? We’re treated like red-headed step kids compared to the illegals. I am ashamed of what our country and done to us. they have literally turned their backs on us AFTER we served their purpose. Military appreciation my behind!
That is why you vote for Veterans!!!
I beg to differ the army has taken exceptional care of me after I was wounded serving our country I got a va loan have a BUETIFUL home and excellent va benefits God is great and so is the VA
And the rich and cooperations . Maybe if the Repubs would stop giving them all the rad cuts then retirees won’t have to pay taxes
This country has received my best already, I am 100% disabled and part of what I should receive for my service is 100% freedom from taxes.
As a Marine vet that served in the 70s I don’t think any service member should EVER have to pay taxes. Weather your active or retired we’ve put up with to much b.s. So many multiple deployments and the administration hides secondary injuries like hearing loss and lungs damaged. I’m a Vietnam era marine I’ve seen no combat but I’m a Camp Lejune Marine.
NO TAXES….
we paid taxes the first time when we paid taxes when we got paid and paid ss also back in the 1960 you had to pay . so no we should not have to pay any more
I believe that as a retired veteran soldier and served my country and dedicated 30 years of service I deserved to be exempt for any taxes from my military and ss
pay an so every soldier that have served for our freedom sacrificing our families.
Edwin Cruz
personally, i don think any pension should be taxed, you worked hard to these, let retirees enjoy life a little, go after the under 62 group for your taxes, if everyone worked and payed taxes, including the rich, this country would be better off
WI doesn’t tax military retirement pay if you entered into service in the sty
Well if their asking this question it means we’re going to have to give something up. I wonder what that is?
The only problem with taxing the rich more.is they don’t care. Most are part of big business and we don’t gain anything. They just pass their tax loss on to the people who buy their product. To make tax the rich work is to put a stop gap on them and believe it or not it won’t happen. There are too many politician with their fingers in big business pockets.! Let’s call it corruption!
Instead of taxing military retirement, tax the rich if you feel that this countries deficit is the responsibility for those of us that served. For most of those who serve, our mind and body are so severe that we can’t work and taxing my retirement gives me nothing to live on. Most of us have to give to ” survivor benefit pay”, which I’m totally fine with. I live in a state that veterans are taxed when they come home. And a lot of us come back.
Either way, you have to have a congressman and senator that agrees with this measure and will let it go through. I know the idiots my state has, it’ll never happen.
The rich are taxed more than you and I are but I get where you’re coming from. Why should we continue to fund a broken government with their pet projects and pork bills when the military can’t get a decent wage? A tax free retirement would also serve as an incentive, be it a small one, for service members to stay and stick it out for retirement.
that never works, they pass it on to everyone else thru their business dealings, easier if they would just make a 15% tax, to loops holes, everyone pays, got to change tax laws, but in reality that would be easy, if our way too big democrat government, it will never happen
Recently, 5 more states were added to the list of states that do not tax military retirement pay, bringing the total to 26. The remaining states need to follow suit.
The Federal Government should NOT tax military retirement also.
Should not tax we should get a break for all that we gave up in our time serving our country.
i second that; that is why veterans should be asking people running for office if they will support military tax exemptions especially Property taxes!
So far (many years after my departure from active service) I receive nothing from any service wing.
Help!!
I am the wife of a USAF veteran. He has a 20% disability. Granted it isn’t as bad as those who have lost limbs and have brain damage but he served. I think that anyone, male of female, with or without a disability, shouldn’t have to pay taxes on their income, social security, property or school taxes. Most veterans over the age of 55 don’t have children in school anymore. The average person in the United States of America can’t live on Social Security alone. In New York State they give a disabled veteran only $50.00 off their property taxes. That is an insult to all that have served. I don’t know about other states. Our service people signed up to protect our country and freedom no matter what. SOME GAVE ALL, ALL GAVE SOME. Thank you to all our Veterans.
I am a retired veteran of 23 years and 9 months of service. I am also a 30% disabled veteran. I receive $610 a month for my VA disability. Don’t be fooled by this, the VA disability is taken from my Military Retirement pay then paid to me. My true VA benefit is the tax benefit I receive. If I get a 50% disability rating from VA then my benefits would not be taken from my Military Retirement but paid directly to me as a direct Disability Benefit. In late 1999 and early 2000, a bill was passed to eliminate this situation. This bill eliminated the military retirement benefits from being taken to pay VA disability and was to be phased in over 10 years beginning with those members with a 100% VA disability down to a 0% disability. I am not sure why, but this was only implemented down to 50%. As for paying taxes on Military Retired pay, It should all be tax exempt.
I agree 100%. I served in the military. Did not retire but served 6 years. Struggling and paying taxes.. Service men and women should not have to pay taxes. We served our country. The country does not care about us. Many are still hurting financially mentally and physically
I am the lone woman out. Our deficit is destroying us. Instead of carving out income for tax-free, perks, we should tax everything’ the same way: child support, unemployment, social security, capital gains on sale of residence if not reinvested in another home, disability retirement income, employer/third party paid healthcare, municipal bond interest, dividends, capital gains. People who earn money in their sleep have something special that those who earn money working don’t have: TIME. Only those whose household income is below poverty level should not pay tax. We created the deficit by voting (or not voting). Only we can fix it by paying higher taxes on ALL income and reducing spending.
Fritz,
I strongly don’t agree with your statement. We soldiers who have protected this country during “Peace Time” and “Non-Peace Time” have and will continue to fight for “your” freedom. Those who have already laid down their lives as soldiers, retired soldiers and still serving as soldiers in “all” Armed Forces should not have to “pay any taxes” on military retirement pay. We have already “paid” into the system and gone beyond the call of duty, something you might not have done.
You stated: “Only those whose household income is below poverty level should not pay tax”, which I, again, strongly disagree. I wasn’t born nor raised with a “silver spoon” in life but lived way below the “poverty line” as a child and some in adulthood. I didn’t lay around waiting for a handout from the govt but got myself a “small job” and “work” myself up to better job (s). I served in the Army for 33 years and worked for the govt over 32 years. So, I and many others who’ve done their “time and put in the hard work” have “earned” not to pay any more “taxes” than we have already done. Those who are in a “poverty state of mind” need to get out and “work” and I’m talking about “all those who are able bodies and just lazy waiting on handouts from working Americans. Don’t tell me they can’t find a job (there’s plenty) here in our great country. Now, if you want to pay higher taxes, then more power to you and I salute you. Thanks,
Dexter Shell Sr, US Army, SFC (Retired)
I agree sir 100%
I am a 37 year veteran that received nothing from body damage in 3 wars
Great benefit is tax free. Retirement.
Yes great come back remember fire and police pay no taxes on there retirement so !
I’m a veteran, I feel even they are retired they should pay like everyone else!
I totally agree. Many retire from the military and still have to work to meet ends meet. Most are too young to not continue working. That retirement check doesn’t cover much of anything alone.
Fritz
If you want to pay higher taxes go for it! To give to all the illegals coming into our country with their hands out? Free formula cell phones money clothes Social Security status because you can walk across a River?!!!!! My husband served from Vietnam forward.. has agent orange PTSD 6 back surgeries and can barely get out of bed! And can’t get his 30% disability raised to 100%!!! Maybe you were in military as a purchasing agent or cook? He was on the front lines always and this is how our government treats all the people who fought or lost their lives for our freedom?? Congressmen spend millions to get elected for a salary of $400000 FOR LIFE and pay no taxes! Why do all Govt workers get tax free retirement and not military??? I think you need to go way back read more history and study the political process!!
Is it true congressmen don’t pay taxes on a salary they get for life? That is outrageous if true. I was in the Air Force for 20 years. I just voted not to exempt my retired pay from taxes. If what I just wrote is true, I regret my vote. I did it because I know how deep our national debt is.
Marcia, I don’t know where to begin so let’s start here…taxes, higher taxes, and more taxes IS NOT the solution to an out of control deficit. This deficit is controlled only by controlling the out of control politicians that make a damn career out of DC. They receive 6 figure salaries from day one and only have to serve one successful term to be paid for life. So instead of taxes, how about we rein in the pols, we mandate term limits and no life time pay and no more insider trading. When that term is over, they can go to work like the rest of us and hope we have enough to retire on when the time comes. If you have served, then you would know that military pay has been consistently in the range of just above to below the poverty line for decades. No, taxes is not the answer.
Are you serious.
To tax my SSDI and my military disability plus I still have to pay State taxes/Federal taxes on my military retirement income…..I am so tired of being taxed on everything in Virginia already. If you have never served but want social security taxed …bet you would be singing a different tune if you had to pay both State and Federal on your little bit of social security.
Hell,I pay car tax,house tax on top of gas,grocery, etc ,take car and house tax away in CT,we served our country, why should we pay all these taxes??
If you are 100% and live in a State where you are exempt then you don’t have to pay real estate nor personal property taxes if 100% DISABLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. Am 100% service,connected and all I had to present to my county courthouse ( real estate commissioner) was my Dept of Veteran Affairs award letter and I am exempt from real estate taxes and personal property taxes ( 2021 Subaru Forester, paid off through refi on house in 9 months)!!! Please check into it as it may help.
Ian a retired veteran receiving retirement pay and being taxed. I can’t understand why some states tax our pay and others don’t. Just as easy as it is for politicians to not tax certain state they can do the same for all states. It’s a case of the have and have not. Politicians are the have with the inside track on getting more for themselves and less for the veterans.
Here, here, I agree
Hell,I pay car tax,house tax on top of gas,grocery, etc ,take car and house tax away in CT,we served our country, why should we pay all these taxes??
I paid tax during the time I was in the Military. Why tax me again for that same salary. It’s like we are paying tax on our pay twice.
Gov employees don’t pay races
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We paid our taxes by being away from our loved ones and putting our lives in danger. We are different from our civilian counterparts who sleeps on a soft bed embracing their families.
Why do us veterans have a hard time receiving disability we are who suffering the pains doing war times and peace times when we get hurt.
While most of the ones who decide ours disability in the office have not serve or don’t have clue how we feel and what we went through.
So true Believe it are not some parts of NC does nothing for the Veterans..We tried to get a van to transport Veta to their appointments, no help from the county.
Why should us veterans have a hard time getting disability we are the ones who have fight for our country and suffer the pains and bruises in war times and peace times as well . And the ones who decide our disability may have not seen war and don’t have clue how we feel .
I’m with you on this. The panel making decisions on our lives are more interested in trying to find us doing something we can’t, that the Government hires private detectives to watch our homes and us for weeks, months and years if they seem fit. Meanwhile all the money 💰 there paid to find a reason to deny benefits have some of these guys crossing boundaries. Like for instance, how many have come out of your homes to find a flat tire in your driveway? That’s one tactic used on myself and my best friend. He sat down to change his tire and everything was videos and played at a hearing.
I don’t think income reported via a 1099-R, regardless of it’s source, should be taxed. Retirees have already paid their dues and should not live in fear of the tax collectors. The same goes for property taxes.
YES, OF CFOURSE. We, retirees had already paid our dues.
What is the price to not pay taxes to run our country? I don’t remember anything about dues when I signed up. I thought the honor to serve our country and a sense of pride was pay for your so called dues.
This is exactly right,retirement and SBP should not be taxed,our soldiers have paid their price!!
Amen
Couldn’t agree more
I feel that retirees of the armed forces should be tax free is they earn less than 75,000 dollars with all income. considered. I gave 20 years of my life to the Air Force and it included a year in Vietnam Our elected officals are out for them selves not us the true Americans.
I really wish the State of NC would be as good as Texas is to it’s Veterans, especially disabled Vets.
We moved to NC 5 years ago and I was appalled NC Disabled Vets pay Income tax and property taxes with a small discount on the property taxes. To answer your question, if NC wavers retired Vets before Disabled Vets, you will be in for some real embarrassment. Shame on NC.
I am a Vietnam vet with a agent orange disability. I do not believe ANY VA benefit should be taxed…AND I do not believe the Social Security should be taxed as well. I hear there is a case before the Supreme Court.to give compensation to those who filed a disability claim and received back pay only from the date filed. The Supreme Court is to hear a claim that the disability payment should have started on the day of honorable discharge. I agree with all of these.
You are mistaken disabled veterans do not pay taxes in North Carolina
I retired from the Navy after 4 years in the Army for a combined 24 years. Retired HTC. I live in California now. With our huge state surplus, why can’t the legislator pass a bill exempting retired pay?
Military retirees should not have to pay taxes on their retirement pay. Retirees have served 20 plus years, many gave, and many gave all for this country. If I am not mistaken, military personnel are the only government employees that have to pay taxes on their retirement pay. Why?
If we do veterans pass on taxes…. Why not retired person on social security?
Most, if not all of your social security is NOT taxed.
SS is subject to state and federal income tax. It should not be taxed by either of those entities. I am in favor of relieving military retirees from federal income tax on their military retirement as well.\
Not True. IRS taxes up to 85% of your SS income according to how much excess income you have beyond the threshold, which is not very high!
Yes, Donna; you are mistaken. I am a retired soldier and also retired from Federal Civil Service afterwards..(FERS). It is a small dollar-amount; but it is taxable at my total (Net-adjusted) computed tax rate. Because I am taxed on my Federal retired pay; I am actually paying some small amount of tax to fund my retired pay. That just doesn’t make sense. All that nonsense would disappear if our federal income tax was “Flat Rate.” Also not understandable is taxing a portion of Social Security “Benefits”!
I don’t feel that taxes should be required. I served in Vietnam where we lost over 56,000 and what did we get???? I am still wondering. I militarily retired and am still drawing retired pay and pay taxes every year on that income. Some states do not tax military retired pay. How about not taxing military retired pay!!!!
Because we pay enough with gas and food. We should get a break to pay for essentials like healthcare
Lauren, I go through the same thing every year. I have to pay state taxes as well. When I retired, on my W-4 I asked that they take out an additional $50 per month. Nevertheless, they are only taking out the additional amount that I requested. I am not quite understanding how that happened because I worked in Finance for 20+ years. and processed many W-4 forms. However, you and I aren’t the only ones in this predicament. I have talked to other retirees that live in VA too.
With that said, you will need to go into MyPay and fill out the W-4 again.
My husband passed away in his early 40s after serving 22 years in the Navy. He was on board the aircraft carriers in the bays off of Vietnam during the war as a young airman recovering and launching the planes carrying agent orange into Vietnam. He contracted a type of leukemia that is only found in much older men in their 60s and older. While not able to prove it we are certain his exposure to agent orange all those years ago is the reason he got so sick. It took nearly 4 years to convince the military that he was not going to recover from this leukemia and it is what killed him. He was eventually declared 100% disabled about six months before he passed away. I do receive DIC from the VA which is of course tax exempt. But I think that’s the perfect argument for military retirement pay being tax exempt . Why would one be tax exempt and not the other.? If you served your full career in the military and earned a retirement, that pay should be tax exempt just like pay from the VA. The men and women who served their entire lives in the military deserve more consideration and a whole lot more assistance from the country and the government that they served. I see Military people around Fort Sam Houston here in San Antonio all the time who are homeless and cannot afford to live in a house. It saddens me more than I can say. I get so mad when I hear the politicians in DC walking around talking about how patriotic they are and how much they love their country. If any of that was true, they would take action to help veterans instead of just talking about it. How can you claim to be a Christian and so evangelical, but you cannot pass the laws and policies that will help the veterans live the kind of life they deserve?
True, You do not see our government politicians sacrificing. They do not do Shit except get rich and screwing the people!
Lydia; the “Pay” you receive from the VA is “Compensation ” for disabilities resulting from military service. You are fortunate to be his beneficiary. It is one of the many things that the VA does correctly; thanks to congress. Active duty service members are NOW all volunteers. That must be taken into consideration when you see families unable to manage on today’s pay scale.
When I served the was no income taxes taken out of our pay I feel that military pension should not be taxed. Back then we were getting about 300 dollars a month
I have to pay every year here in the State of Virginia since moving back in 2019. DFAS hasn’t responded to taking out any taxes from my retirement pay so I have to save enough to pay bc I never know how much money I have to pay. It’s different every year. I don’t have to pay real estate taxes on my property nor personal property taxes on my car bc of my 100% military disability but still have to pay taxes on my military retirement & SSDI.
Just go into My Pay and do W4 and have them take out the tax based on your exemptions… But I can’t believe they are not taking Federal tax out of your retirement pay… the state you have to decide how much you think is fair for the amount of pay you are getting… DFAS won’t calculate your state tax for you cause each state have different rules…
Lauren, I go through the same thing every year. I have to pay state taxes as well. When I retired, on my W-4 I asked that they take out an additional $50 per month. Nevertheless, they are only taking out the additional amount that I requested. I am not quite understanding how that happened because I worked in Finance for 20+ years. and processed many W-4 forms. However, you and I aren’t the only ones in this predicament. I have talked to other retirees that live in VA too.
With that said, you will need to go into MyPay and fill out the W-4 again.
Yes veterans retirement and disability pay should not be taxed. That’s the only thing that helps us veterans with the cost of living is so high. Especially in California it’s hard enough to get by in this state. I also say with other veterans the ones that served should not be taxed ever. It’s bad enough that the government use us and be use and it’s also hard enough to get disability claims thru V.A. with the hoops that veterans have to go thru just to get a percentage of disability from the V.A.
I served 20 years, 11 days, and 4 hours on active duty. I started as a Private Infantry, attended Warrant Officer Flight school, received a direct commission after my first Combat tour 1968-1969. After 3 years teaching at the primary helicopter school, Ft Wolters, I completed a second Combat tour in Korea, a 3 year tour in Germany, and other command and staff positions. My wife and children supported me through out the twenty years. We moved 18 times in 20 years. We lost money almost every time we moved.
I have been fortunate enough to have a great civilian career in aviation. Unfortunately, I have been unemployed since September 2019. The taxes I pay on my military retirement far out weigh my living expenses. We did not receive retirement increases during the Obama/Biden administration. We did not receive a retirement pay increase this past year during President Biden’s administration.
With inflation skyrocketing, my unemployment it may be impossible for me to continue on my own without my wife of 55 years relying on our children for help. I seldom regret my service to my country, however when I talk to friends who didn’t serve, or served one enlistment and went into business, and other careers, I see them for the most part living far better lives in retirement that my wife and I. My children all worked to achieve their educations, and always wished I could have helped them more. I don’t want my wife or myself to become a burden to our children. I think the least thing the government could do for those of us over 65, and unable to work, or handicapped, especially from service related events would be to give us some tax relief at least, before we all become homeless and on the door step of the VA.
If Illegals get every thing free which they do then all VETS should not pay taxes STOP ILLEGALS and we should all pay
Crazy, right.
Tom,
Stop the hate speech and get your facts straight.
Right on
Illegals do NOT get everything free….they pay into Social Security if they work, but they cannot get any of it back when they retire. They also pay taxes on gas, groceries, etc. You need to do your research because you’re just “buying into” more of the big lie you’ve been fed.
Right on just haters which means all are Repubs
I live in California and unfortunately we are not well received in this state and one of the few states where Military Retired Veterans pay state tax. Veterans are not appreciated in California like they once were. I’ve spent my whole military career here 20+ years. It’s really too bad
Yes
Yes, Veteran’s benefits should be taxed “EXEMPT;” for sure!
When my dad served in the military and world war 2 they were not taxed as they were paid tax payers money. Well the same thing goes today, our pay is from federal taxes and we should be exempt as well.
Remember, if it wasn’t for the military, we all be speaking German.
I served two tours in Vietnam and we did not get the same welcoming home, benefits and more for members that have served after the Vietnam era. I retired as an E-7 in the late 80s and with the same rank retiring now makes more retirement. Even if my retirement were tax exempt
Thanks Vicente for your service! I only served one tour at the same resort. All gave some some gave ALL,what did the IRS give? No taxation for any honorably discharged Veteran, no matter the theatre!!
God Bless. Ty for your Service 🙏
Vicente Rodriguez, I enlisted in the Army just as the Vietnam war was ending. I think it’s a shame the way Vietnam veterans were treated. It’s so sad. I’m so sorry you had to go through that.
Yes, Military retirement pay should be tax free. We more than paid our dues with family separation’s, combat tours of duty and low pay until recently. Help k our veterans have a better life.
God Bless. Ty for your Service 🙏
If the United States military particularly in my venue of military the US Navy had tolled my benefits from the date that I was originally injured then I would have no problem with taxes..
However, since I wasn’t given 100% permanent and total until roughly 25 years after my initial injury, No
I should not have to pay taxes for protecting my country.
It”s just not fair for retirement pension to be taxed; As a veteran,we did pay our dues already in serving this country!!!
Why do we have to pay taxes when we paid taxes on our earnings every time we got paid. Our retirement is low when compared to those in a civilian job. It makes it hard to stretch your retirement money for a month without having taxes taken out each time and then at the end of year we file taxes only to possibly have to pay for what we received.
Also, why are benefits for college now lifetime when for those who served in the 70’s 80’s and before were only good for 10 years after we received them. If you are going to give lifetime to those serving now then honor those who served before with the same courtesy.
Disabled Vets don’t pay on the money we get why not Retirees. If you are Rich you don’t pay.
I am a 100% disabled veteran. I am in no way rich.
Why is it that there are 26 states that don’t make retired military pay any state tax’s? I thank that all of the STATES and FEDERAL (IRS) stop taken TAX’S, from our RETIREDMENT MONEY.
The majority of military specialties do not readily translate to comparably related civilian jobs. So, after 20-30 years of military service, a large percentage of veterans are not competitive when in their 40s-50s, especially if their families are facing college or specialty-training for their sons and daughters. The disparity grows the closer the veteran is to 30 years of service. It would be possible to devise a scale that sets benchmarks breaking points in earnings that vary with the total income of the veteran such that less of a veteran’s retirement income is deductible over time as his/her other income increases in retirement.
Army Retired People should pay no
Taxes , they gave so much some never come Home , why should they pay Taxes ?
I don’t think we should have too pay taxes on our pay we defended our Country and sacrificed our Freedom to make our great Nation free. Our forefathers fought and defended our country. And all those whom fought before us made this Country Free. So why would it hurt for us to receive something in return for our sacrifices and our families sacrifices to not to be taxed for our pay. To receive a little bit better pay for what we do. We sacrifices our life’s for our Country and don’t think anything about it and receive very little in return for what we do. We have home less Veterans on the street and Veterans that don’t get medical care because they don’t know how to get the help they need.
I believe all Veterans that received a Honorable discharge should have free Dental care at a VAMC.
After all Dental care is a very BIG part of everyones overall health care.. Ask any Doctor or Dentist and they will agree. Dental care is important to your overall health.
Sincerely
i believe all veterans that have a Honorable discharge should have free Dental care,
We don’t
That I agree ,
To Rodney,
I dont disagree with your thoughts on Dental Treatment. FYI:
All military vets contact your local VA clinic and find out if your Class 1 or 2? I did not understand this until 4-5 months ago.
Class 1 – VA covers medical. Dental and all other stuff
( i believe, double chk) DENTAL IS COVERED.
Class 2 not sure what all is covered but i believe it may be meds and DENTAL?
Class 3 -ask?
Merci Beaucoup,
Cordialment,
DPC Ryan Bertrand, USN – ret.
I am 80 % disabled, served 21 years in the Navy. There is a VA clinic at Mare Island in Vallejo, Ca. where i live. Went there and asked if i could get free dental care and i was told 80% will not cut it, you have to get to 100%!
yes because served and protected our country with low pay, and many years away from our family, many was wounded and get low or no v.a. benefits. some pay the irs great deductions each year.
Military retirees need their income without being taxed. The retirement pay after giving 20 or more years of service too our country is very low compared to years Serviced. Thanks
I agree when I retired from the military I had to work another job I was always able to break even with the irs. Now I owe so much I can’t pay. My disability want let me keep a job. Now the pay I get is being Garnish by the irs
Sooooo U N R E A L !!! I’m very sorry… NOT. FAIR‼️‼️. We’ve gotta. FIX THIS !
I am not a retiree but I do have a disability and I don’t think anyone that served should be taxed on anything….just saying