Military Retirement — Exempt From State Taxation
Military retirement benefits are exempt from state income taxation — the veterans department states it without qualification, under the federal-retirement-system exemption at R.S. 47:44.2.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
Military retirement benefits are exempt from state income taxation — the veterans department states it without qualification, under the federal-retirement-system exemption at R.S. 47:44.2.
What it's worth: 100% of military retirement benefits exempt from state income tax
- The saving is the state rate on the amount exempted.
Who is entitled to it
- You receive military retired pay.
- Your home is in this state.
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How to claim it
Deadline: With your return- 1Exclude the military retirement benefits from state taxable income as a retirement-system exemption.
- 2Survivor Benefit Plan payments to a surviving spouse or named beneficiary carry their own exemption in the neighbouring section (R.S. 47:44.3).
- 3The general $6,000 age-65 retirement exemption is a different, smaller provision — the military exemption is not capped at $6,000.
- File with
- The state revenue department, on your annual return
- Annual
- Claimed once a year.
Sources
- authority · published policyLouisiana Department of Revenue — individual income tax exclusions (military SBP under R.S. 47:44.2)
Why only one source type: The revenue department's site and the legislature's statute server both hard-block every tool, a rendered browser included. The veterans department's own page states the exemption in terms; the statute section stays named for the day either wall opens.
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