Income taxes during deployment?

Question

if my husband was deployed for 11 out of 12 months of 2008 how will our taxes be done? someone told me not to expect a return at all but we have 2 kids..shouldnt we still receive child tax credit?

Answer 1

you will still need to file, because you have that one month of taxed income.  also, since the only income they "think" you made was that one month of taxed income, you will definitely qualify for child tax credit and earned income credit.  balla!! lol  

Answer 2

your return will be very small since he only paid taxes for one month out of the year.  

Answer 3

Yes you still recieve credit. But if he is deployed in a tax free zone, then dont expect a large return. Heating and kids is all I can think of. And he's not obligated to file taxes at all during the year of his return.

Answer 4

my husband was deployed from january 3 2007 til two months ago....I was a SAHM (Stay at Home Mom). We got 5500 back and we have one child.

Answer 5

you will get the child tax credit. we got about 3k and he was deployed the entire yr. only home 2 months. i am a army wife of almost 7yrs, and hubby deployed 3 times. so i know what i am talking about! your return will be lower, but when they start taking out fed taxes again, then your return will be higher.

also, you can file taxes as long as you have a general power of attorney, you don't have to wait, unless he wants to file them. then he has up to 60days after returning back from a deployment to file taxes. every post has a tax center, and they should be able to help you with anyquestions you have, if the tax center is closed, then call jag.

Answer 6

If he is deployed he is eligible for a delayed filing. He would file once back stateside or he can contact his command VITA rep to see if they could do it for him. You won't get any rebates, returns until after the taxes are filed.

Also, if you have a specific power of attorney and all the documents necessary you can file jointly on his behalf.  

Answer 7

It depends on where he is deployed to.  Not every deployment is in a tax-free zone so therefore the taxes are deducted.

If he was in the tax free area then when you file your taxes the W2 will only state the Income that was taxed.  You may qualify for the child tax credit and you may not it can depend on how much the whole family income was.

You can do your taxes online for free at many places or do it at the base for free as well.

Answer 8

depends did you work? you might get a small tax credit on your kids..but the the 11 months he was gone he wasnt being taxed...but then actually then again.. a family of four living off of one months salary..could seriously give you a huge gain in the child credit...lol...im thinking you will still get a good return...because you will be in the bottom of all earners with just that one month salary to file....you could actually go somewhere like tax slayer.com and do a mock up and not actually file it...and see if you could get an idea on what he would get back.....

Answer 9

If you haven't done this before you might want to look for VITA or maybe even pay to have a professional do your taxes.  As someone said not every deployment qualifies for tax free income.  And sometimes only certain months of the same deployment qualify.  Depends on them being in a tax free zone or not.  

You'll still need to file for the months you did have income.  You should get your child tax credit.  But be careful about trying to take the EIC.  They've changed rules for that for the military and you're supposed to include your tax free income in your totals when you decide if you qualify.  If they catch you taking it there are fines and fees so I guess it depends on how much of a risk taker or rule follower you are.

Answer 10

Since I am guessing he was deployed in support of the operations in the Middle East, chances are, he was in a tax exempt zone.  Since he didn't pay out any income tax, there us nothing to get for a return.  Unless you work, you may not get much more than the child tax credit and again, since you didn't pay out there is really not much to credit it against.  I would suggest using the base tax prep service this coming tax season or a paid preparer simply because they will know best how to handle this.