Hi this is my first time my husband has been deployed to a combat zone and we normally get a big refund from our taxes.My question is one will we still get all or child tax credits?and because he didnt pay taxes will our refund be greater or lessor then years past.I tried to find info on irs.com but all i really want to know is him being in combat will it be bad for our tax refund or will we get extra money.usully we go to h&r block there great but is there anything i need to make sure they do to process our taxes correctly!D

Rule one - if you do not pay taxes and the income is not taxable, then there is no taxes to refund. If you have taxable income this year as a couple (you the spouse or your husband for non-combat time), then you get the credits.

To say if you will get more or less back is hard. You got to keep more of the pay check. But because the way things work on tax credits and suck, you could get more back. Or less. But the paycheck is bigger.

Do you work? Was your husband deployed for the full year?

If he is deployed for all 12 months and you do not work, then you will have paid no taxes. Nothing to get back.

I was told by the irs that we would still qualify for the eic credit sense we are allowed to claim our pay to get the credit for our two children has anyone heard of that being true?

Great news for you.

Everyone that gets a paycheck overseas must pay some form of taxes. I suggest you contact,"Deleted" She will guide you in the right direction!


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There is a special section of the US Code and the IRS regulations that exempt earnings in a combat zone.

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OK I AM NEW TO THIS CURRENT SYSTEM; I read that fringe benefits also known as perks, these are rewards given to employees on top of there normal wages, or salaries.
they include things like pensions, private health insurance, cars sports facilities, luncheon vouchers, low interest loans- and less obviously pay for time not worked; during holidays, sickness or training, for example
some fringe benefits are much more pschological than material such as the addition of a name plate to a manager's door when he or she reaches a centaun hierarchy.

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fringe benefits have the affect of disguising the real value of an employees remuneration. for many mamnger's they
can amount to over30% of salary and they tend to tie employees more tighty to one company
by creating a mini-welfare state, as it were
within corporation.

What has this to do with taxes in a combat zone or the military in general. This quote was not in this thread.

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Being deployed to a combat zone will not hurt your EITC; you figure it both with and without the excluded combat pay and file with whichever gives you a larger credit.

If you don't get the entire Child Tax Credit because your tax bill is too small, you are still eligible for the Additional Child Tax Credit.

Your individual circumstances will determine whether or not your refund is larger, but you will wind up paying less in taxes either way.

Hi. My husband was deployed from Aug 2007-Nov. 2008. He came back stateside mid Nov. 2008. Will we be able to receive a income tax refund, due to him being in country (U.S.) for Dec.?

Not having all of the facts with regard to your income, deductions, exemptions, withholding, etc. there would be no way to tell. Having said that, combat zone pay is not taxable. However, it may be used (reported as taxable income by choice) if it produces benefits such as an earned income credit.