Does anyone know how deployment pay works? Does it automatically hit your paystub or do you file it in next year’s taxes?

[Anonymous]

I’ve heard you either get them automatically but i have another crowd telling me the tax free pay gets done during Tax season

[SaoirseS]

It depends on where you’re deployed to, and for how long. Are you talking military deployment?

[Asker]

Yes we’re talking military deployment here!

[SaoirseS]

The income is either taxable or exempt in the tax year it was earned and paid. The military usually calculates tax exempt amounts and lists the adjusted amounts on service members’ W-2s in the taxable amount block. For example, you may have gross pay of $62,000 listed in block 1, underneath the taxable amount might be listed as $48,500. If there’s that much disparity that would mean the exemption was figured in. Best to direct your questions in your particular case to your military finance office. There are some FAQs listed in the DFAS MyPay website. Don’t know if that would help.