S.1593 - Federal Government - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief and protections to military personnel, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief and protections to military personnel, and for other purposes. 6/12/2007--Introduced. Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to military personnel to: (1) extend the limitation period for filing tax refund claims resulting from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability determinations; (2) make permanent the taxpayer election to treat combat zone compensation as earned income for purposes of the earned income tax credit; (3) treat differential wage payments made to active duty members of the uniformed services as wages for retirement plan purposes; (4) make permanent the exemption from the 10% penalty for premature retirement plan distributions made by active duty military personnel; (5) treat state payments to members of the uniformed services as qualified military benefits for purposes of the tax exclusion of such benefits; (6) make permanent [...]

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