§112 — Certain combat zone compensation of members of the Armed Forces
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Statute Text — 26 U.S.C. §112
Gross income does not include compensation received for active service as a member below the grade of commissioned officer in the Armed Forces of the United States for any month during any part of which such member—
served in a combat zone, or
was hospitalized as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone; but this paragraph shall not apply for any month beginning more than 2 years after the date of the termination of combatant activities in such zone.
With respect to service in the combat zone designated for purposes of the Vietnam conflict, paragraph (2) shall not apply to any month after January 1978.
Gross income does not include so much of the compensation as does not exceed the maximum enlisted amount received for active service as a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces of the United States for any month during any part of which such officer—
served in a combat zone, or
was hospitalized as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone; but this paragraph shall not apply for any month beginning more than 2 years after the date of the termination of combatant activities in such zone.
With respect to service in the combat zone designated for purposes of the Vietnam conflict, paragraph (2) shall not apply to any month after January 1978.
For purposes of this section—
The term “commissioned officer” does not include a commissioned warrant officer.
The term “combat zone” means any area which the President of the United States by Executive Order designates, for purposes of this section or corresponding provisions of prior income tax laws, as an area in which Armed Forces of the United States are or have engaged in combat.
Service is performed in a combat zone only if performed on or after the date designated by the President by Executive Order as the date of the commencing of combatant activities in such zone, and on or before the date designated by the President by Executive Order as the date of the termination of combatant activities in such zone.
The term “compensation” does not include pensions and retirement pay.
The term “maximum enlisted amount” means, for any month, the sum of—
the highest rate of basic pay payable for such month to any enlisted member of the Armed Forces of the United States at the highest pay grade applicable to enlisted members, and
in the case of an officer entitled to special pay under section 310, or paragraph (1) or (3) of section 351(a), of title 37, United States Code, for such month, the amount of such special pay payable to such officer for such month.
Gross income does not include compensation received for active service as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States for any month during any part of which such member is in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of title 37, United States Code) during the Vietnam conflict as a result of such conflict, other than a period with respect to which it is officially determined under section 552(c) of such title 37 that he is officially absent from his post of duty without authority.
Gross income does not include compensation received for active service as an employee for any month during any part of which such employee is in a missing status during the Vietnam conflict as a result of such conflict. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms “active service”, “employee”, and “missing status” have the respective meanings given to such terms by section 5561 of title 5 of the United States Code.
For purposes of this subsection, the Vietnam conflict began February 28, 1961, and ends on the date designated by the President by Executive order as the date of the termination of combatant activities in Vietnam. For purposes of this subsection, an individual is in a missing status as a result of the Vietnam conflict if immediately before such status began he was performing service in Vietnam or was performing service in Southeast Asia in direct support of military operations in Vietnam.
Treasury Regulations
- Treas. Reg. §Treas. Reg. §1.112-1 Combat zone compensation of members of the Armed Forces
- Treas. Reg. §Treas. Reg. §1.112-1(a) Combat zone compensation exclusion—(1) Amount excluded.
- Treas. Reg. §Treas. Reg. §1.112-1(b) Service in combat zone—(1) Active service.
- Treas. Reg. §Treas. Reg. §1.112-1(c) Hospitalization—(1) Presumption of combat zone injury.
- Treas. Reg. §Treas. Reg. §1.112-1(d) Married members.
- Treas. Reg. §Treas. Reg. §1.112-1(e) Service in area outside combat zone—(1) Combat zone treatment.
- Treas. Reg. §Treas. Reg. §1.112-1(f) Nonqualifying presence in combat zone—(1) Inapplicability of exclusion.
- Treas. Reg. §Treas. Reg. §1.112-1(i) §1.112-1(i)
417 Citing Cases
Unlike section 121(a), which excludes gain from the sale .. of. property used as a principal residence, former section 112(n)( .1) provided .13 for a deferral of gain from the sale of .a principal residence In the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, ch .
It couldn't agree with such a "narrow reading ofthe statute," determining the "statute [did] not require the character ofthe [ten.acres of unimproved land] to be determined in vacuo, ignoring.what had gone before." .
Therefore, to the extent respondent seeks to use Notice 2014-7, supra, to deprive petitioners ofa benefit bestowed by Congress, we hold he may not do so.
For the reasons stated herein, we hold that petitioner' s income may not be excluded and that he is liable only fþr the section 6654 (a) addition to tax.
We hold that no portion of the separation payment would be excludable from gross income under section 112.2 Section 112 was enacted to provide a tax benefit to members of the armed services whose lives were placed at risk because of their service to their country.
tioner is not liable for the additions to tax. The remaining issue for our consideration is whether the special separation payment to which petitioner became entitled while serving in a combat zone is excludable from petitioner’s gross income under section 112. Background This case was submitted fully stipulated pursuant to Rule 122. Petitioner, Ralph F. Waterman, served in the U.S. Navy for 14 years and 3 months as an enlisted person. Petitioner was stationed aboard the U.S.S. America in the Pe
Hildebran) received during each of the years at issue are excludable from petition- -2- ers’ gross income for each such year under section 112.1 We hold that they are not.
Section 112 provides that certain compensation received by members of the Armed Forces of the United States serving in combat zones or hospitalized as a result of injuries received in such zones shall not be included in gross income. Section 7701(a)(15) defines “Armed Forces of the United States” to include “all regular and reserve components of th
In this regard, the taxpayer ostensibly arranged a "reorganization" pursuant to section 112(g) of the Revenue Act of 1928, ch.
In this regard, the taxpayer ostensibly arranged a "reorganization" pursuant to section 112(g) of the Revenue Act of 1928, ch.
Each amendment thereto also is positive law. And, as we have said before, any argument that the revenue laws are not applicable because ofthe status ofthe Internal Revenue Code is frivolous. E.g., Wagenknecht v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2008-288; Urban v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1984-85. The language used in section 6331(a) has ch
On his amended returns petitioner claimed that he was exempt from all Federal income tax for those years under section 112 because he was working in a qualified combat zone.
112 ("[t]he United States Statutes at Large shall be legal evidence oflaws") with 1 U.S.C. sec. 204(a) (the United States Code is "prima facie" evidence ofthe laws ofthe United States). See, e.g., U.S. Nat'l Bank ofOr. v. Indep. Ins. Agents ofAm., Inc., 508 U.S. 439, 448 (1993) ("Though the appearance ofa provision in the current edition ofthe
112 (“[t]he United States Statutes at Large shall be legal evidence of laws”) with 1 U.S.C. sec. 204(a) (the United States Code is “prima facie” evidence of the laws of the United States). See, e.g., U.S. Nat’l Bank of Or. v. Indep. Ins. Agents of Am., Inc., 508 U.S. 439, 448 (1993) (“Though the appearance of a provision in the current edition
ices under circumstances which, in justice, preclude him from denying an obligation to pay for them'". Rule v. Brine, Inc., 85 F.3d 1002, 1011 (2d Cir. 1996) (quoting Bradkin v. Leverton, 26 N.Y.2d 192, 196 (1970); see also Restatement, Restitution, sec. 112 (1937)). Petitioner requested and received Crocus's services in helping petitioner conduct foreign trade shows. Respondent acknowledges Crocus's services were substantial and significant. - 54 - Because Crocus's sole owner, Agalarov, owns on
Commissioner, supra, involved section 112(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 (another predecessor of section - 12 - 1033).
Military subsistence, uniform allowances, and other amounts received as commutation of quarters are excludable from gross income. See sec. 1.61-2(b), Income Tax Regs. - 4 - Petitioner contends that the unreported portion of his JROTC pay represents "qualified military benefits" that are excludable from gross income pursuant to section 13
Moreover, military subsistence, uniform allowances, and other amounts received as commutation of quarters are excludable from gross income. See sec. 1.61-2(b), Income Tax Regs. I The issue before us is whether the pay that petitioner received as a JROTC instructor included (or should be deemed to include) nontaxable military allowances,
For purposes of section 7508, a “combat zone” is an area designated as such by the President of the United States by Executive order for purposes of section 112.4 However, Korea has not been a combat zone since January 1955.5 Accordingly, section 7508 offers petitioner no solace.
112.650 through 112.667 (1997); Or. Rev. Stat. sec. 112.662 and Comment, Uniform Disclaimer of Transfers by Will, Intestacy or Appointment Act, sec. 5 ("Uniform Act"). Oregon Revised Statutes section 112.652 provides generally that an heir, legatee, or devisee may - 27 - disclaim the right of succession to any property by delivering to the de
As early as 1961, in interpreting the predecessor of section 1034 (section 112(n) of the 1939 Code), the U.S.
Additionally, military subsistence and uniform allowances and other amounts received as commutation of quarters are excluded from gross income. See sec. 1.61-2(b), Income Tax Regs. - 4 - The Reserve Officers' Training Corps Vitalization Act of 1964, Pub. L. 88-647, sec. 101, 78 Stat. 1063 (codified as amended at 10 U.S.C. section 2031 (1
Congress enacted section 112(n), the predecessor to section 1034, as an amendment to the 1939 5 The wide scope of powers of the legislature under the 14th Amendment in the matter of classification was discussed at length by the Supreme Court in Carmichael v.