Categories: Armed Forces News

Out-of-Window Tax-Free Bonuses Set for Soldiers

Until recently, only Soldiers of certain ranks or military occupational specialties were qualified for reenlistment bonuses. Soldiers also had to wait for their reenlistment window to open before they could reenlist, thus making it difficult for them to get tax-free bonuses by signing up during a deployment. Now the Selective Reenlistment Bonus-Deployed Program allows deployed Soldiers to reenlist outside of their window while deployed in order to receive a tax-free bonus of up to $15,000. Soldiers have two options when re-enlisting under the new program. They can sign up for the needs of the Army, which lets the Army choose their next duty station; or stabilization, which locks in their current duty station for two years after they redeploy.

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