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With identity theft and refund fraud being so ubiquitous, folks might understandably think an unexpected tax refund notice is a scam. This time though, it's real for more than 133,000 U.S. military veterans who may qualify for their portion of federal tax refunds totaling an estimated $78 million. These former service personnel are due the money because they wrongly paid taxes on disability severance pay. Some of the erroneous tax payments go back as far as Jan. 17, 1991. The amount due eligible veterans varies based on rank and years of service, but some former service members may have been taxed as much as $11,000, according to the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP), the nonprofit group that discovered the tax mistake. [more]
Released 2/21/18 | Tags:
The Department of Defense (DoD) will begin the process of refunding thousands of veterans who were taxed on disability severance pay since 1991 thanks to legislative efforts by U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Mark Warner (D-VA). [more]
Released 2/9/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
More than 130,000 veterans were accidentally charged federal taxes on their one-time, lump-sum disability severance payments from 1991 to 2016. Many veterans said they didn't know they weren't supposed to be charged, but now they're finally being repaid. NVLSP attorney, Tom Moore, is interviewed in this story. [more]
Released 2/9/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
The Department of Defense (DoD) will begin the process of refunding thousands of veterans who were taxed on disability severance pay since 1991 thanks to legislative efforts by U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Mark Warner (D-VA). [more]
Released 2/8/18 | Tags:
An alert for more than 130,000 wounded warriors—over the next few weeks, the Department of Defense will be sending out notifications to combat-injured veterans eligible for tax refunds. [more]
Released 2/7/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
The Internal Revenue Service is expected to refund disabled veterans an estimated $78 million that was wrongly withheld from their disability severance pay. More than 133,000 may qualify for the tax refunds, according to the National Veterans Legal Services Program. [more]
Released 2/7/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
Veterans who received disability severance pay after January 1991 may qualify for a special tax refund. The refund comes after the 2016 Combat Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act, which asks the Department of Defense to identify individuals who were wrongly taxed and provide them a chance for a tax refund. [more]
Released 2/6/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
Local veterans who served during Vietnam War are engaged in struggle to obtain medical care and disability payments from VA for illnesses related to exposure to Agent Orange. [more]
Released 2/6/18 | Tags: Agent Orange
More than 133,000 veterans may qualify for a refund of federal taxes they paid on disability severance pay dating back to 1991 ― taxes that shouldn’t have been collected in the first place.
These refunds, which are the result of a law passed in 2016, apply to veterans who received this pay dating back to Jan. 17, 1991, with taxes withheld, and who also qualified for disability from the Veterans Affairs Department. President Obama signed into law legislation supported by the National Veterans Legal Services Program, to ensure that veterans who suffer service-ending combat-related injuries are not taxed on the severance payment they receive from the Department of Defense. [more]
Released 2/1/18 | Tags: Congressional Legislation
MOVA is partnering with the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP)for a DD-214 Upgrade Clinic and Information Session on March 13, 2018. This clinic will provide DC Veterans with the procedure for upgrading less than honorable discharges followed by individual consultation with an attorney from NVLSP. [more]
Released 2/1/18 | Tags: