{"id":35351,"date":"2017-03-04T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/03\/04\/2017-military-times-tax-guide-new-rules-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:07:29","slug":"2017-military-times-tax-guide-new-rules-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/pay-benefits\/2017\/03\/04\/2017-military-times-tax-guide-new-rules-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Military Times Tax Guide: New rules you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s good news for those who\u00a0prefer to wait until the last minute to file\u00a0their federal taxes: You have three extra\u00a0days this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>Federal income tax returns are due\u00a0April 18. April 15 falls on a Saturday, and\u00a0Emancipation Day is on April 17, a legal\u00a0holiday for the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>But if even if you&#8217;re an early bird, don&#8217;t\u00a0expect to get that refund money as fast\u00a0as you have in previous years. A federal\u00a0law that took effect this year requires\u00a0the Internal Revenue Service to hold any\u00a0refunds until Feb. 15 for taxpayers who\u00a0claimed certain credits \u2013 the Earned\u00a0Income Tax Credit or an Additional Child\u00a0Tax Credit. <br\/> <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>&#8220;This means you won&#8217;t get your money\u00a0until at the earliest, the week of Feb.\u00a027,&#8221; factoring in weekends and the\u00a0Presidents Day holiday, said Army Lt.\u00a0Col. Samuel Kan, the executive director\u00a0of Armed Forces Tax Council, in an\u00a0interview about changes in tax law that\u00a0could affect service members and their\u00a0families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>Refunds are being delayed because of\u00a0steps taken to combat fraud in connection\u00a0with these two credits, Kan said.\u00a0The additional time, required by the\u00a0Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes,\u00a0or PATH, Act of 2015, helps the IRS stop\u00a0fraudulent refunds to identity thieves\u00a0and to those claiming fraudulent wages\u00a0and withholdings. <br\/> <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>The EITC is  <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/credits-deductions\/individuals\/earned-income-tax-credit\/eitc-income-limits-maximum-credit-amounts\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/credits-deductions\/individuals\/earned-income-tax-credit\/eitc-income-limits-maximum-credit-amounts\">a benefit for working\u00a0people<\/a> with low to moderate income\u00a0who meet certain requirements. The\u00a0maximum amount of credit for tax year\u00a02016 is $6,269, for those with three or\u00a0more qualifying children. You must file\u00a0a tax return to qualify for the credit and\u00a0reduce the taxes you owe \u2013 and possibly\u00a0receive a refund. You might qualify for\u00a0the credit (and a refund) even if you\u00a0don&#8217;t owe tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>The Additional Child Tax Credit is for\u00a0certain people who get less than the full\u00a0amount of the regular Child Tax Credit \u2013\u00a0also possibly giving a refund even if they\u00a0don&#8217;t owe any tax. (More on child credits  <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/publications\/p972\/ar02.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.) <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other highlights this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/> <b>HEALTH CARE CATCH<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>Those in the military health care\u00a0system generally don&#8217;t have to worry\u00a0about the requirements for minimum\u00a0essential health care coverage under\u00a0the Affordable Care Act, because the\u00a0military&#8217;s health care qualifies as such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>The employer provides that information\u00a0on Form 1095, which is mailed to you,\u00a0and you&#8217;ll use when preparing your taxes\u00a0or having them prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>But Kan cautioned that service\u00a0members who may have joined or left\u00a0the military last year might face hefty\u00a0penalties if they didn&#8217;t have the required\u00a0minimum coverage during the time they\u00a0weren&#8217;t in the military.  <br\/> <br\/>For those who\u00a0didn&#8217;t have required minimum coverage,\u00a0the penalties are significantly higher this\u00a0year, he said: &#8220;If you have a family, your<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">penalty is more than doubling. Last year\u00a0the penalty was a maximum of $975.\u00a0This year, it&#8217;s $2,085.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>&#8220;If you left the military or entered, you\u00a0have to take that into consideration,&#8221; he\u00a0added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/> <b>SAME-SEX MARRIAGES<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>The IRS has issued rules that these\u00a0couples are considered married for federal\u00a0income tax purposes, regardless of\u00a0the couple&#8217;s location. If the relationship\u00a0would be recognized as marriage under\u00a0the laws of at least one state, possession\u00a0or territory of the U.S. \u2013 even if the\u00a0marriage was in a foreign country \u2013 it is\u00a0considered a marriage for federal income\u00a0tax purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>The regulation went into effect Sept. 2.\u00a0This doesn&#8217;t apply to other relationships\u00a0\u2013 registered domestic partnerships,\u00a0civil unions, or other similar formal\u00a0relationships not recognized as marriage\u00a0under that jurisdiction&#8217;s laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/> <b>FOREIGN NATIONALS<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>Some service members who are married\u00a0to foreign nationals may run into\u00a0snags because of requirements related\u00a0to Social Security numbers and Individual\u00a0Taxpayer Identification numbers, or\u00a0ITINs, Kan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>&#8220;In the past, there were certain things\u00a0you could do retroactively. \u2026 But if you\u00a0don&#8217;t have a Social Security number by\u00a0the time the tax return is due [plus the\u00a0extensions], you&#8217;re not going to be able\u00a0to later file for the Earned Income Tax\u00a0Credit, the child tax credit, the American\u00a0Opportunity Tax Credit,&#8221; Kan said.\u00a0&#8220;You&#8217;re going to want to get a Social\u00a0Security number before the due date so\u00a0you can qualify for those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>&#8220;If you can&#8217;t get a Social Security\u00a0number, you&#8217;ll want to get an Individual\u00a0Taxpayer Identification number, because\u00a0there are ramifications.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>Other new rules mean that some\u00a0taxpayers&#8217; ITINs have expired. This year,\u00a0if an ITIN hasn&#8217;t been used in filing taxes\u00a0in the three years prior to Jan. 1, 2017, it\u00a0expired. The ITINs also are expiring on\u00a0a rolling basis starting in 2017; first to go are ITINs whose fourth and fifth digits\u00a0are either a 78 or 79.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>&#8220;People with ITINs need to be sure\u00a0they keep track of that issue, and if\u00a0applicable, apply for renewal,&#8221; Kan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>That requires submitting a Form W-7\u00a0and can take up to 11 weeks, he said, up\u00a0from seven weeks prior to tax season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>It&#8217;s more difficult to go through this\u00a0process abroad. The Armed Forces\u00a0Tax Council has been working with the\u00a0military services and the IRS to get Certified\u00a0Acceptance Agents abroad to help\u00a0process the ITINs, Kan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>&#8220;We&#8217;ve trained up a lot of the Certified\u00a0Acceptance Agents abroad already, so\u00a0we&#8217;re putting procedures in place to\u00a0address that,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/> <b>IRA ROLLOVERS<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>If you rolled over money into an\u00a0Individual Retirement Account last year\u00a0and you inadvertently missed the 60-day\u00a0time limit for properly rolling the money\u00a0over, the IRS has a new rule that allows\u00a0taxpayers who encountered a variety\u00a0of mitigating circumstances to ask for a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">waiver and avoid extra taxes.  <br\/> <br\/>This might\u00a0apply to some spouses who left a job and\u00a0rolled over 401(k) money, for example,\u00a0or those who left the military and rolled\u00a0over Thrift Savings Plan money.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/>Taxpayers can provide a self-certification\u00a0letter to the administrator or trustee\u00a0of the retirement plan or IRA receiving\u00a0the rollover that they qualify for the\u00a0waiver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked Defense Department tax experts what changes to the tax process could trip up military filers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":69438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":15,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3302],"class_list":["post-35351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pay-benefits"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"N3L65WZT2VAGLMICJBPJPKVSF4","arc_canonical_url":"\/pay-benefits\/2017\/03\/04\/2017-military-times-tax-guide-new-rules-you-need-to-know\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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