Strickland Decision Question- HELP
I just received a letter from the IRS that my husband's military retirement pay in 2006 should have been taxable. Let me ask this, he is currenlty TDRL does the Strickland Decision with excludable...
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Ch61 pay is only tax free if the retirement is based on combat related injuries. As for filing the 1040x to receive your taxes back, that is only on the portion of the retirement which the VA recouped...
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brianwl wrote: Ch61 pay is only tax free if the retirement is based on combat related injuries. As for filing the 1040x to receive your taxes back, that is only on the portion of the retirement which...
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71infantry, We've been over this before. The tax free only affects those in service prior to Sep 24, 1975. After that date it is taxable income unless it is the result of combat injuries....
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brianwl wrote: 71infantry, We've been over this before. The tax free only affects those in service prior to Sep 24, 1975. After that date it is taxable income unless it is the result of combat...
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Wrong. I've given you the statement, now you give me the proof to support your premise. Last time we had this disagreement you admitted that you entered the service prior to Sep 75 and that was the...
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brianwl wrote: Wrong. I've given you the statement, now you give me the proof to support your premise. Last time we had this disagreement you admitted that you entered the service prior to Sep 75 and...
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what I found concerning strickland: http://www.taxlinks.com/rulings/1978/revrul78-161.htm This is In Strickland v. Commissioner, 540 F.2d 1196 (4th Cir. 1976), the taxpayer retired from the Army for...
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Disability retirement payments (Not VA Disability) are taxable for those members with either total military service after September 24, 1975, or who were in the service before this date but were not...
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Thanks for the responses. To further clarify, my husband was placed on TDRL in December 2005. In January 2006 he began recieving retirement pay. Later he recieved a VA percentage of 60% retroactive to...
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Brian, A couple of things... 1. the orginal question was about Strickland v. Commissioner- . your responce did not answer the question but instead opened up a whole new can of worms. 2. You initial...
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IRS Pub 525, page 16. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p525.pdf
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Thanks Janb Brian it looks like you are correct based on the IRS rules. I still wonder why I have never heard about this prior to now. But live and learn. Thanks for the discussion
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To update everyone, I finally received a response from the IRS, they agree that we do not owe any taxes on his retirement pay based on the Retroactive VA determination. You can actually get the IRS to...
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