topic How do you change your military rank on turbo tax? in Tax help for military filers

How do you change your military rank on turbo tax?

cswifey — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:46:28 GMT

I made Chief in 2022 but on turbo tax it still says E6. Where do I change that, or does it not matter?

Re: How do you change your military rank on turbo tax?

DMarkM1 — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:39:31 GMT

Yes, you can change your rank/pay grade in the "My Info" section (see below). This is used to identify "Enlisted Active Duty and Reserve" members who qualify for the free military filing with TurboTax. As long as you indicate "Enlisted" and choose any enlisted pay grade available in the dropdown menu it doesn't matter otherwise. The "Officer and Warrant Officer" pay grades are not eligible for the free military filing discount.

Be sure after entering your military W2 information to select "Active Duty Military" in the follow on question in that section. This activates the discount.

Click "My Info" in the left hand menu
"Edit" your information section
Click/verify "Yes" indicating you served in the Military
Continue
Click/verify the appropriate status
Click "Enlisted"
Select your pay grade from the dropdown

[edited 3/10/2024 5:37AM PDT]

Re: How do you change your military rank on turbo tax?

SteamTrain — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:23:06 GMT

@cswifey

I suspect that when you said "Chief" you mean you are now in Warrant Officer ranks.

IF you haven't already noticed, the W-1 to W-4 selections are in the Officer ranks.

Ther is only a software discount for the officer ranks.