By Kayode Crown
al.com
(TNS)
National Guard and Reserve members typically train one weekend a month with readiness activities throughout the year and receive pay for their service.
Now, a bill introduced last week would exempt that money from federal income taxes.
According to bill sponsor Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., the “No Tax on Drill Pay Act” would benefit over 800,000 Guard and Reserve members.
The plan would “boost recruitment and retention, strengthen military readiness, and continue our commitment to treating our military better than any in the world,” Barr said in a statement.
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Joining him as original cosponsors are Reps. Max Miller, R-Ohio, and Zach Nunn, R-Iowa.
“Our Guard members and Reservists serve on drill days, training deployments, and stand at the ready for our communities,” Nunn said.
“I hear from Iowa Guardsmen and their families about the financial strain that comes with that commitment, and this bill is a straightforward fix: exempt drill pay from federal income taxes so more of that money stays with the families who earned.”
A bill to exempt the first $5,000 of drill pay earned by an Alabama National Guard member from state income taxes is working its way through the Legislature.
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