The Veterans Administration is increasing compensation payment rates based on the latest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement. Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, Veterans and beneficiaries who receive VA compensation benefits will see an 8.7% increase in their monthly...
What are Massachusetts Military and Veteran State Tax Benefits? Massachusetts Income tax Exclusion for Combat Pay: Pay received for active service in a combat zone by members of the U.S. Armed Forces is excluded from Massachusetts gross income. Massachusetts Military...
Massachusetts Governor Baker recently signed the VOTES Act into law. The VOTES Act will expand voting options here in the Commonwealth, but it will also make voting easier for active service members. The current process for a military member to vote from overseas...
The Massachusetts Legislature passed comprehensive legislation, An Act relative to military spouse-licensure portability, education and enrollment of dependents, addressing the Commonwealth’s most immediate needs in the veteran community and making necessary updates...
The following tables show the monthly 2022 VA disability rates for Massachusetts veterans with a rating 10% or higher. These amounts are effective Dec. 1, 2021. They are tax-free. VA disability payments are made to veterans who got sick or injured while serving in the...
Veterans who left the military after Dec. 20, 2019 with a discharge that's less than honorable will now have the opportunity to appeal that discharge characterization via the Discharge Appeal Review Board and have their military record changed. When a service member...
In today’s culture, divorce is not uncommon. Divorce rates among Soldiers and their Families remain steady at 3% according to a recent Pentagon study. For one Fort Jackson Army veteran, writing a book to help children experiencing the breakup of a Family strengthened...
Servicemembers are in line for their biggest pay raise since 2003 next January 2023, but lawmakers and advocates are questioning whether that will be adequate to keep military families in good financial health. That’s because the formula used to calculate annual pay...
In January 2023, VA will launch a new life insurance program called Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife), which provides guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance coverage to Veterans age 80 and under, with any level of service-connected disability. Some Veterans...
Legally, military personnel who are getting divorced are no different than anyone else, so the procedural process is the same. If you are in the military or are a military spouse, there are some additional factors that can affect your Massachusetts divorce. For...