Posted on Dec 1, 2013
What is everyone's take on the Military as a whole being taxed vs no tax for the military?
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Since we are paid with taxes I think our contribution to federal income tax should be less just for logical reasons.
If you were taking up donations at work to help someone out on hard times, would you also collect money from that same person just to give it back to them?
I think we should pay taxes to pay for the services we receive from the govt. but it just doesnt make sense to tax tax money.
Its like paying sales tax on a used car.
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This question is a little vague but I'll give an answer. The fact that our housing BAS and medical are not taxed and many of us are legal residents of states that do not tax military income when you look at how much money you will need to make after the military it is significantly more than you would expect. Cost of living is also something to pay attention to, someone who makes $80k in DC does not live as well as someone who makes $60k in Alabama.
Not sure if that is what you were asking but there it is anyway.
Not sure if that is what you were asking but there it is anyway.
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That's actually a different topic Sir, I feel across the board if you have an active CAC card you should be exempt!
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That's actually a different topic Sir, I feel across the board if you have an active CAC card you should be exempt!
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I will keep it simple, I would like to see retirement pay not taxed. Would be a nice benefit to have considering all that you do in a span of 20 years.
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I don't think the military should be exempt from doing our part and paying taxes; unless you're medically retired.
I'm not rich and this is not a popular side, but taxes are used (when used properly) for a specific reason.
If you look at many cities/towns that do not collect enough taxes, the areas are in shambles. Taxes, again when used properly, benefit many that can't afford to even pay taxes.
I'm not rich and this is not a popular side, but taxes are used (when used properly) for a specific reason.
If you look at many cities/towns that do not collect enough taxes, the areas are in shambles. Taxes, again when used properly, benefit many that can't afford to even pay taxes.
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I think the current system works well for soldiers. As a reservist if they started to tax all of my benefits while on active duty orders I would lose money vs my civilian job and then would only volunteer for duty if my finances were in proper order for that time frame.
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I can understand how you would feel that way being a reservist, you basically have the best of both worlds. In some cases you earn promotion at a faster rate than your active duty counterparts. You have one foot in the civilian sector and one tapping on the military side. No disrespect meant by the comments just pointing out the differences. More times than not you do not rely solely on your DOD pay to provide for your family, it's more like moonlighting so to speak. (I don't feel there is such a thing as extra money).
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I can understand how you would feel that way being a reservist, you basically have the best of both worlds. In some cases you earn promotion at a faster rate than your active duty counterparts. You have one foot in the civilian sector and one tapping on the military side. No disrespect meant by the comments just pointing out the differences. More times than not you do not rely solely on your DOD pay to provide for your family, it's more like moonlighting so to speak. (I don't feel there is such a thing as extra money).
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I can understand how you would feel that way being a reservist, you basically have the best of both worlds. In some cases you earn promotion at a faster rate than your active duty counterparts. You have one foot in the civilian sector and one tapping on the military side. No disrespect meant by the comments just pointing out the differences. More times than not you do not rely solely on your DOD pay to provide for your family, it's more like moonlighting so to speak. (I don't feel there is such a thing as extra money).
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I suppose as long as the pay rates stayed the same of course I would not mind not paying taxes. If they were to cut the pay to compensate then that would not be ideal because then you would be able to benefit from home ownership etc.
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I think the federal gov't especially is always looking for revenue sources and doing anything to make the load easier seems unlikely.
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MSG,
Agreed, taxes are there to serve a purpose to when used properly help with internal structures. These structures most important to me are our roads, family support systems. Without these programs, they would fall to the way side and a contractor that over charges would pick this up possibly costing tax payers more money.
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That being the case Top why not have the state's national guard repair / maintain those roads as fit! Instead if paying an overpriced contractor to do the same job.
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SGM Matthew Quick
SSG Saunders,
The National Guard's mission is not to repair/maintain roads (not sure where this came from though)
The National Guard's mission is not to repair/maintain roads (not sure where this came from though)
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Understood Top however the LA RIVER which is the system of sewers was put together by the Army Engineer Corps. And in National disasters the
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They are called in to fix repair assist as needed! Why not use them for that as well?
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