Did you have other earned income besides the military retirement?
Military retirement deduction is limited to $11,700 for individual taxpayers under age 65. Taxpayer must have other earned income, other than the military retirement, to take the deduction.
Taxpayers under age 65 with no earned income would only qualify for the $3,000 retirement deduction on line p.
https://dor.sc.gov/forms-site/Forms/SC1040Instr_2018.pdf , page 5
**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.
