Posted on Dec 18, 2018

When deployed to Korea for a 12-month hardship tour, is your base pay federally taxed at all?

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MAJ Bryan Zeski

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Posted 6 y ago

Yes. The only place you get tax relief is in actual combat zones, if I recall correctly.

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SGT James LeFebvre

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Fed, correct, state, it depends (your mileage may vary)

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CSM Charles Hayden

Posted 6 y ago

After arriving in Korea in late May of 1954 about 30 days of my pay was tax free.

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SGT James LeFebvre

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It's not that way now, I was there 2000-2001, and paid fed tax on all of it.

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SPC William Del Valle

Posted 6 y ago

Was there 03-07 and it was still taxed.

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