Bill would make all military pay tax-free

Army Times | March 22, 2007 | Rick Maze

[Kaslin]

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[Mr.Unique]

For officers, it was a percentage that was tax free.

It is all tax free for officers too. It is on a month by month basis. If you spend 1 April in Iraq, all of April's pay is tax free.

[Mr.Unique]

...is usually a college graduate...

cough BS cough

[ryan71]

Long over due.

[art_rocks]

It's not all tax free for officers.

Here is the link to the 2007 military pay chart.

http://www.dod.mil/dfas/militarypay/2006militarypaytables/2007_Web_Pay_Table.pdf

See note 4.

Officer pay is tax free up to 6642.6 which is the pay of the SGM of the army. So an LTC at max pay would pay tax on $700.00.

[Mr.Unique]

I stand corrected...I guess the common wisdom that all pay is tax free comes from the fact that most officers make less than the 6642.60 limit. After 26 years, I'm just a bit over that. ;)

Thanks for the clarification.

[traviskicks]

What about the rest of us?

[Our man in washington]

I completed a four-year stint in the active reserves last year. I have a good job, so the money from the reserves was just gravy. I spent weekends writing reports at a military base. I'm proud of my service, but I was doing safe duty with minimal stress, and I'm not exactly a candidate for food stamps.

Do people like me really need a tax break? I don't think so.

[Redleg Duke]

In '65, as an E-2 in Basic, I was pulling down $72.50/month...and saving $20 month.

[Non-Sequitur]

Let me guess, you never served did you?

For almost 30 years, active duty and reserve.

[PurpleMan]

They don't have to.

Oops. They'll just raise EVERYONE'S taxes to get at the military

[Non-Sequitur]

OK so you would start an E-1 out at $36,000?

[Non-Sequitur]

cough BS cough

Poll your local police departments and you'd be surprised at the percentage who have at least an associates degree if not a bachelors.

[PurpleMan]

Seven states have no state income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.

Two others, New Hampshire and Tennessee, tax only dividend and interest income.

[Mr.Unique]

From the International Association of Chiefs of Police web site:

How much education is required to be hired as a police officer?
The minimum education level for the majority of police department is a high school diploma, or equivalent. However, the current trend is for applicants to have college credit equal to two years:

16% of state police agencies require a two-year college degree,
4% require a four-year degree.
13% of county police agencies require a two-year degree and
?? % require a four-year degree.
9% of local agencies require a two-year degree
2% require a four-year degree.

I personally know 5 cops...none has even a two-year degree. I will say that, credited or not, the police academies that I know of might as well issue a degree.

[Silly]

Bill who?

[misterrob]

Why? They get lousy pay to begin with and have little say in how their lives are managed. A lot of enlisted men struggle to make ends meet.

Give them a raise and no taxes to boot.

[misterrob]

Why? They get lousy pay to begin with and have little say in how their lives are managed. A lot of enlisted men struggle to make ends meet.

Give them a raise and no taxes to boot.

[misterrob]

How about the $21 billion in pork that the congress tried to lather on the military bill? Assuming 1.5 million active members that comes out to $1,400 a year per member that could offset the cost.

[Kaslin]

Being that they practically have to be on duty 24/7 a week, I agree with you

[Kaslin]

Bill who?

You just read the title and couldn't resist, huh?