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The Defense Department has identified more than 130,000 veterans released from military service following injuries who may be owed more than $1,700 each in tax refunds after the Pentagon incorrectly withheld money from their disability pay, officials said Monday. Letters were sent this month by the IRS notifying 130,062 veterans that the federal agency might have improperly collected taxes on their lump sum disability severance pay issued between 1991 and 2016, said Army Lt. Col. David Dulaney, the executive director of the Armed Forces Tax Council. Veterans who were sent the letter, which should arrive in the coming weeks, will have one year from the letter’s date to file their amended tax refund claim. [more]
Released 7/16/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
The federal government is urging some 133,000 veterans who had money improperly withheld from their severance payments for combat-related injuries or other disability compensation to apply for tax refunds. In some cases the improper withholding dates as far back as 1991. The Department of Defense (DOD) is sending letters to the eligible veterans this month, stating the amount of the disability payment and telling them what to do to receive a refund. Survivors of veterans who would have been eligible for this refund may also app [more]
Released 7/16/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
CBS News interviews reporter Kathy Kristof about the computer glitch that cost 133,000 combat-injured veterans a lot of money from their severance pay - and how they can get that money back. [more]
Released 7/13/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
Thousands of disabled veterans in the Tampa Bay area may be entitled to a huge tax refund from Uncle Sam, all because of a computer glitch dating back more than two decades. “I think it is a super big deal to disabled vets,” said Dave Cain, a disabled Air Force Veteran who recently moved to Pinellas County. [more]
Released 7/13/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to send millions of dollars in tax refunds to veterans who received disability severance payments starting in 1991.The tax refunds are the result of a 2016 law known as the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act (see Combat-injured veterans receiving special tax refund). More than 133,000 injured vets may qualify for the tax refunds, according to the National Veterans Legal Services Program, originally estimated to amount to $78 million but now thought to be much more than that sum. The tax refunds are expected to average $1,750 or more, according to CBS News. [more]
Released 7/13/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
The National Veterans Legal Services Program recently launched the first of its kind application for use by military veterans and their advocates, available for download through the NVLSP website, Apple App Store or Google Play Store. [more]
Released 7/12/18 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
More than 130,000 U.S. veterans who were released from service due to injuries sustained in combat are due substantial federal income tax refunds because of a Department of Defense error that stretched on for decades. [more]
Released 7/12/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
NVLSP recently launched the first-of-its-kind app for use by military veterans and their advocates, available for download through the NVLSP website, Apple App Store or Google Play Store. [more]
Released 7/9/18 | Tags: Military Sexual Trauma, Veteran's Benefits
Equal Justice Works, the leading nonprofit organization committed to mobilizing the next generation of public interest attorneys, today announced its 2018 Class of Equal Justice Works Fellows. Sixty-seven recent law school graduates will launch their public interest law careers through an Equal Justice Works Fellowship project of their own design. Jenna Goldberg will create a Medical-Legal Partnership in support of veterans' applications for benefits before military correction boards and the VA. A graduate of Duke University School of Law, Jenna will be hosted at the National Veterans Legal Services Program in Washington, D.C. She is co-sponsored by Lockheed Martin Corporation and Hogan Lovells US LLP. [more]
Released 6/20/18 | Tags: Staff
In this second article of a three-part series, The American Legion Magazine examines the long fight to provide health care and benefits for veterans exposed to Agent Orange – a battle that continues for many former servicemembers who are suffering the consequences of the massive toxic herbicide campaign without help from VA. [more]
Released 6/20/18 | Tags: Agent Orange