Hi Kat,

   Only taxed if you are state side - if you are overseas that money is free and clear. Doug did not have to pay taxes on the money he earned while he was in Bosnia. Of course that could be becasue it was combat pay.

  My Dad is a retired Lt Col. - Enlisted at 17- 1948 - was pfc nothing while fighting durning the Korean War. Went to OCS in 1957 - and became an officer - Had a company command post in Berlin, Was the the line officer in the battlefield in Nam - 1966-67. Retired from Army from active duty after 27 in 1975. Continued on as contractor for a while. 

  There was never a rule in my house not to fraternize with the NCO kids - in school we were all together. Remember playing and be in class with the Genrals daughter and having a sargents son as a boyfriend.

  Now the quarters where always by rank but that doesn't stop the kids from hopping on their bikes and visiting.

  Of course I grew up in a whole other era. I was just counting my blessing last night for having a frost free refrigerator - can remember defrosting freezers and hand wringer washers. Seems we were all a little happer back then.

                                                    Trisha

> Yes, I know about being officers' kids; I was one of them, my dad being a Lt. Colonel in the USAF Reserves by the time he retired.  He was on full active duty as a bomber pilot in WWII and in the Korean War and then served in the Reserves until his retirement in 1975.  As one of his benefits, he and my mother got to use the PX and the local USAF pharmacy, where their scripts were free. They went down to Pope AFB once a month until he got ill from his last bout with cancer, and after he died, my mother and sister made the trip themselves.  My sister had to get special permission to go into the PX and pharmacy with my mother, as she wasn't Champus or a dependent.
> 
> However it still doesn't change the fact that the Administration is being unfair to military families by not allowing them to take the  tax credit. And I thought that military pay was taxed, federal and state.
> 
> Kat
> 
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 06/11/03 01:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Taxes; was RE: Mag's whip
> 
> >
> > That's certainly true of enlisteds and non-comms, but commissioned officers
> tend to do well.  Especially considering health care and other benefits
> and
> the intangibles like shopping at PX/BXs.  When I was a kid, we weren't
> allowed to play with the NCO's kids.  I guess the anti-fraternization
> rules
> are still in place.
> 
> Kyle
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kat [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:39 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Taxes; was RE: Mag's whip
> 
> 
> Trish, problem is, the allowances are fixed, not indexed to where one
> lives
> so if you live in an expensive area it's hard to make ends meet.  And
> non-coms get less than officers.  In today's economy, some military wives
> are taking off-base jobs to make ends meet.
> 
> 
> Kat
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 06/11/03 12:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Taxes; was RE: Mag's whip
> 
> >
> > Kat,
> 
>   That is their choice - they receive a housing allowance on top of their
> base pay. Bad financial management - is your own fault. They are paid
> well.
> My x- is in the military, my Dad was in and is x's father. We have a
> society that has really unrealistic expections from watching to much Tv
> and
> seeing to many movies. The way to success is to bypass some wants now for
> a
> solid position in the future. I could dig getting a housing allowance. And
> that by the way is chosen by area costs and rank. My Dad spent 27 years in
> the
> military - and they scrimped and saved - and started their own real estate> 
> company, and later added a mortage portion. Millionaires now - they
> figured out the success ratio early on.
> 
>                                                                 Trisha
> 
> 
> > Aww...f**k that's terrible. I didn't know that.  That's pretty bad as a
> lot of non-coms (and officers) and their families live from paycheck to
> paycheck.  It's a real sore point amongst active personnel.
> >
> > Kat
> > -------Original Message-------
> > From: "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: 06/11/03 12:04 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Taxes; was RE: Mag's whip
> >
> > >
> > > The child credit does not apply to military people, so they get
> screwed.
> > That's how much GWB loves the military. What a hypocrit!
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> >
> > > It does beg the question, though, why Congress passed a tax bill that
> > > provides the "child" credit for individuals whose AGIs are below the
> > point
> > > where they would pay taxes.
> > >
> >
> >