If you are a commissioned officer,
your pay in a combat zone is excluded from taxes, but the amount is limited to the highest rate of enlisted pay for a month.
Not exact matches
While serving
in a
combat zone, certain
combat pay is not taxable.
If you are stationed
in a
combat zone for at least one day out of a month, not only should you receive a nontaxable
combat pay allowance for that month, but the entire month's regular salary may be excluded from your taxable income.
Members of the armed forces do not have to
pay taxes on income received while they are on duty
in an area designated as a
combat zone.
Enlisted members, warrant officers or commissioned warrant officers who serve any portion of a month
in a
combat zone have all their
pay for that month excluded.