Indiana Deducts Military Retirement in Full
From tax year 2022 the deduction equals the entire amount of military retirement income and survivor benefits.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
From tax year 2022 the deduction equals the entire amount of military retirement income and survivor benefits.
What it's worth: The whole of your military retirement and survivor benefits, deducted
- 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 We do not publish a figure that would misstate it.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 Indiana.
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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 policyIndiana Department of Revenue — Individual deductions
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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