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Retirement tax questions

The Basic Allowance for Housing, or BAH, is a stipend paid to military service members who do not live in government housing. It's intended to help them afford a place to live. As far as the Internal Revenue Service is concerned, military BAH is not included in gross income, and is not taxable.

 

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