I am no longer on active duty, but the income I filed taxes on was from my w-2 while active duty and I did not get a discount when I filed. Is there any chance I can get a refund after separating from the military and having already paid the ~$140 for federal and state?
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I was not asked to enter my rank I assume because I am no longer active duty. I was wondering if the discount also applied to the 2023 calendar year.
I will try to contact support, thank you.
Yes. Likely you answered that you were "Former/Retired/Veteran" military and you would not get the questions that would trigger the discount. With an active duty military W2, you should answer in the "My Info" section that you were "Active Duty" in 2023.
Then you will be able to select "I left the military in 2023" and still get the military pay grade questions that trigger the discount. You will also put in state you were assigned to in 2023 and select PCS as the reason.