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Bill is in the military making $1500 a month. He deposits the entire
amount into a joint account with his wife, Joy. Bill uses his debit card to
access monies from this account for his personal use. The money that
Bill withdraws is not accessible to Joy, so it does not count as income.
b. Combat Pay
Combat pay is exempt when determining eligibility. Disregard any
amount of combat pay that goes to the household in excess of the
military person’s pre-deployment earnings.
Combat pay will be listed in the Entitlements column, and may appear
as follows:
• Combat pay
• Hostile fire pay
• SAVE pay
• Imminent danger pay
• Incentive pay for hazardous duty
• Hardship duty pay-Location
• Hardship duty pay-Mission
• Hardship duty pay-Involuntary Extension
Note:
Combat zones are designated by an Executive Order from the President
as areas in which the U.S. Armed Forces are engaging or have engaged
in combat. For combat pay to be excluded as income, the military person
must be deployed to one of the combat zones listed at:
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=108331,00.html
Budgeting Combat Pay
1. If the military person was in the household before deployment, the
amount of their military pay is countable earned income.
2. If the military person was not in the household before deployment,
the amount provided to the household before deployment is
considered countable unearned income.
3. Once the military person is deployed to a combat zone:
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