Sending from my server now ;) I would agree to be tax exempt when you are in the service but once you're out you gotta pay taxes like everyone else.
Some of these are active duty only but still better then some get. 1) free medical and dental care, free (or very cheap) medical and dental care for your immediate family, 30 days paid vacation every year, free travel, educational benefits, commissary and exchange privileges and much more. *Veterans' Administration benefits ranging from low interest home loans to burial in national cemeteries *Veteran's Preference for many Federal, State and Local government jobs! Active-Duty military personnel can receive up to $2,000 reimbursement per child for many adoption-related expenses up to a maximum of $5,000 in one year. Home Loan Guaranty VA guarantees loans to purchase a home, manufactured home, certain types of condominiums; or to build, repair, and improve homes. This benefit may be used to refinance an existing home loan. Certain disabled veterans can receive grants to have their home specially adapted to their needs. Native Americans living on Trust Land may qualify for a direct home loan. Basic eligibility requirements are: Selected Reserve or National Guard When eligibility is based on reserve service, the individual must have completed six years of honorable service. If he/she was discharged due to service-connected disability, the required service time could be less. Active Duty - When eligibility is based on current active duty service, eligibility begins after 181 days of active service (or 90 days during the Gulf War) unless discharged or separated from a previous qualifying period of active duty service. Home Burial Benefits Burial benefits for veterans may include a gravesite in any of our 120 national cemeteries with available space, opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a grave liner for casketed remains, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family. VA can pay a burial allowance of $2000 for veterans who died of service-related causes. For other veterans receiving VA benefits, VA can pay $300 for burial and funeral expenses and a $300 plot allowance. A U.S. flag for burial purposes is issued for individuals who complete at least one enlistment in the Selected Reserve or National Guard, or who was discharged due to service-connected disability or whose death was the result of service. A flag can also be issued for individuals who at the time of death were eligible for retirement pay based on Selected Reserve or national Guard Service, or would have been entitled had the member attained age 60. VA Life Isurance n National Guard and Reserve Personnel are eligible to receive Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI), Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI), and Family Group Life Insurance (FGLI). They may also be eligible for Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (RH) if called to active duty, injured, and have a ervice-connected disability. s Additional information may be obtained on-line at ttp://www.insurance.va.gov/ H Anyone who had military service can also find several veteran only insurance companies and those types who give great rates on insurance of all kinds. I stopped looking after all this its plenty. Not to mention the life experience you get going into the military. But I'm all for getting rid of income tax to active duty people. -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 4:22 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: would you work a coffee shop now? And what would those benefits be? Please enlighten me, all I got is the GI bill for six years of my life. For a military person to not pay taxes would be a good idea - the lower ranks live at or below the poverty level, those above it don't make much more. It would help them out tremendously. It would even make sense to just pay them the difference between their gross and net because it would eliminate that much work to be done by the IRS. In addition, I can think of many people that would not serve to get out of paying taxes, although everybody should serve. - Matt Small ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:53 PM Subject: RE: would you work a coffee shop now? > Just because someone serves in the millitary they don't get to not pay > taxes that would be silly. Then everyone would serve just to get out > of it. There are enough benefits from honorable service. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: would you work a coffee shop now? > > > That my friend is an excellent question. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:29 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: would you work a coffee shop now? > > > what i don't get is if your .mil > why do you still have to pay taxes? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
