According to the Mississippi Department of Revenue, military retirement income is not taxable and should not be included on your Mississippi return. However, this exclusion is not applied automatically by the tax software. You must manually remove this income by navigating to the appropriate section in your Mississippi return.
Program Pathway
- State Section
- Mississippi Return
- Subtractions From Income
- Enter the portion of Pension and IRA Income from Federal, State, and private retirement systems that are Exempt from MS tax
- Select "Continue" to save