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Originally Posted by Army_of_One  I pay taxes on my income or Base Pay. You know that you were military. I am in a special situation being in the military. If I live on base I am given a house to live in as a benefit. NO tax on that. If I live off base I am given a housing allowance...and you are right no tax because it's not considered income. My pay is public, you can look it up on any website.
My base pay is pretty low. It's about $48,060 this year. That's taxable. I also make $12,960 a year housing allowance (per 67801 zipcode) that is non taxable. I make $3528 per month for a food allowance (non taxable) and $5400 special duty pay. (taxable) I get $550 clothing allowance (non taxable) once a year. So out of just under 70K I pay taxes on about 70% of it. The non taxed benefits are part of the benefit of being in the military. This year with bonuses and such I will surpass about 120K with 90K of it being taxed. | WOW, you are RICH. That's better than raising wheat!!! You can afford to pay more for your Post Toasties now. Hope no one pi _ _ es in them. 
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