Arizona Subtracts Military Retirement in Full
From tax year 2021, 100% of uniformed services retired or retainer pay comes out of Arizona income.
Verified August 18, 2026
What this benefit is
From tax year 2021, 100% of uniformed services retired or retainer pay comes out of Arizona income.
What it's worth: The whole of your military retired pay, subtracted
- The saving is your marginal state rate applied to the amount excluded, so it depends on your bracket. We do not publish a figure that would misstate it.
Who is entitled to it
- You receive military retired pay.
- Your home is in Arizona.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
Deadline: April 15, with your return- 1Claim the subtraction or deduction on your state return for the year.
- File with
- Your state revenue department, with your annual return
- Documents you will need
- form 1099 r
- Annual
- Claimed once a year.
Sources
- authority · published policyArizona Department of Revenue — Military Tax Filing
Why only one source type: We publish this record to describe how the state taxes military income rather than to route a filing, so the administering department's own guidance is sufficient.
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