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S. 1166, The Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act (4 comments ↓)
S. 1166 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain zone compensation of civilian employees of the United States.
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Kathy Shelton
If civilians are risking their lives in a combat zone, why do they not have a tax break like the military and contractors?
Mark S.
I have deployed once and am scheduled to deploy again two more times. The amount of taxes I paid was outrageous. Why cant Federal DOD employees be treated the same as the military and contractors?
be fair
anyone risking life in a combat should get tax relief
FED up
My civilian employee husband spent 28 months in Afghanistan wearing an Army uniform and body armor. The taxes were horrendous and devoured most of the extra money he earned in overtime. I just learned today that if he'd died, not only would our private term life insurance not have paid, there's a good chance his FEGLI would not have paid either. Two of his colleagues were injured, one nearly died because Walter Reed wouldn't accept her because she wasn't military. Lucky for her, Johns Hopkins took her in.