Ohio Deducts Military Retirement Pay in Full — and Survivor Annuities With It
Retired pay for service in the uniformed services, the reserves or the National Guard comes out of Ohio adjusted gross income entirely. So does a survivor benefit plan annuity: R.C. 5747.01(A)(23) deducts amounts received by the surviving spouse or the former spouse of such a taxpayer under the survivor benefit plan on account of that taxpayer's death, on the same terms and with no cap.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
Retired pay for service in the uniformed services, the reserves or the National Guard comes out of Ohio adjusted gross income entirely. So does a survivor benefit plan annuity: R.C. 5747.01(A)(23) deducts amounts received by the surviving spouse or the former spouse of such a taxpayer under the survivor benefit plan on account of that taxpayer's death, on the same terms and with no cap.
What it's worth: The whole of your military retired pay — or your SBP annuity — deducted from Ohio income
- Ohio has graduated rates, so the saving depends on your bracket. We do not publish a figure that would misstate it.
- The deduction applies only to the extent the pay is not already deducted or excluded in computing Ohio adjusted gross income.
- R.C. 5747.01(A)(23) extends the same deduction to amounts received by the surviving spouse or former spouse of such a taxpayer under the survivor benefit plan on account of that taxpayer's death.
- Two neighbouring provisions are worth knowing about separately: (A)(24) deducts military injury relief fund grants, and (A)(25) deducts the state veterans bonus.
Who is entitled to it
- You draw military retired pay, which Ohio deducts.
- Your home is in Ohio.
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How to claim it
Deadline: April 15, with your return- 1Claim the deduction on your Ohio return as an adjustment to income.
- 2Reserve and National Guard retired pay qualifies, and the Guard component of any state counts — not only Ohio’s.
- File with
- The Ohio Department of Taxation, with your annual return
- Documents you will need
- form 1099 r
- Annual
- Claimed once a year.
Sources
- authority · statuteOhio Rev. Code §5747.01
- operating · published policyOhio Department of Taxation — Military Servicemembers and Ohio Income Taxes
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