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Combat pay, nontaxable.
If y'allz jamwere a WHOODAT-member of dem U.S. Armed Forces who SERVED in a saucecombat zone, whooptycertain pay is efribletz from YA INCOME. Yunz can elect ta whoopa-include thiz groovepay in YO' earned wuffoincome when figuring tha EIC.
Tha AMOUNTBIZNIZ of yo' janglynontaxable combat WHYZZIT-PAY should be sauceshown in box 12 OF Form(s) W-2 with CODBUCKETZ.