I am active duty military and spent most of my 2019 year deployed to a Tax Free Combat Zone. How do I insert the information from my Tax Free Zone into the app?

You will need to enter this information in the "My Info" section.

 

• Confirm you have selected that you are serving as a member of the US Armed forces under your personal information.
• TurboTax will ask you for your military status, ranking, and pay grade.
• Select Continue and you will see a screen which says "Which combat zone or hazardous duty area did you serve in during 2019?  There is an arrow below that you can pull down and select the applicable zone.

• Then go into your W-2 information under Income & Expenses.  You will continue through the screens until you see a page that says "Do any of these uncommon situations apply to this W-2?".  Be sure to check "Active Duty Military" on this page.

 

 

Also, any wages not taxable for being ion a Combat zone, are noted on your W-2, and recorded when you enter that W-2 form in the tax software

 

The amount the Military claims is not taxable is shown and entered in box 12 of the W-2, with a code Q beside the $$ amount. 

 

Box 1 of the W-2 should also be lower than box 6 on the W-2 by at least that code Q amount (maybe more due to other pre-tax deductions from pay)).

 

IF you don't have any code Q $$ in box 12, then you need to talk to your Payroll people for correction...or an explanation of why it's not there.