Retirement Income Untaxed — If the Plan Requirements Are Met
Retirement income, pensions and annuities — military retirement included — are not subject to state income tax if the recipient has met the retirement plan requirements. Early distributions are not retirement income and may be taxed.
Verified August 20, 2026
What this benefit is
Retirement income, pensions and annuities — military retirement included — are not subject to state income tax if the recipient has met the retirement plan requirements. Early distributions are not retirement income and may be taxed.
What it's worth: Qualifying retirement income excluded in full — all retirees, not veterans alone
- The saving is the state rate on the amount excluded.
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- 1A military pension taken at retirement is simply not subject to the income tax — this is general law reaching every qualifying retiree.
- 2The caveat the summaries omit: an EARLY distribution — money taken before the plan’s retirement requirements are met — is not "retirement income" and may be taxed.
- 3Social Security and VA payments are separately untaxed in terms.
- File with
- The state revenue department, on your annual return
- Annual
- Claimed once a year.
Sources
- authority · published policyDepartment of Revenue — Individual Income Tax FAQ, "Is retirement income taxable?"
Why only one source type: The administering department's own FAQ states the exemption, the plan-requirements condition and the early-distribution exception.
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