MILITARY PENSION
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Include the amount of income taxes
You cannot itemize your Missouri
A military pension is a pension
from Federal Form 1040, Schedule
de duc tions if you took the standard
received for your service in a branch of
A, Line 5. The amount you paid in
deduction on your federal return. See
the armed services of the United States,
state income taxes included in your
Pages 6 and 7, Line 8.
including the Missouri Army Reserve
federal itemized deductions, must be
and Missouri National Guard. You
You must itemize your Missouri
sub t racted to determine Missouri item-
must reduce your military pension
de duc tions if you were required to
ized deductions.
exemption by any portion of your
itemize on your federal return.
military pension that is included
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in the calculation of your public
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If you entered an amount on Line 8
pension exemption. Therefore, if
tEmIzEd
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and you live or work in the Kansas
you qualify for the public pension
Include your total federal itemized
City or St. Louis area, you may have
exemption, make sure you complete
deductions from Federal Form 1040,
included earnings taxes. Include on
the Public Pension Calculation (Section
Line 40, and any approved cul t ural
Line 9 the amount of earnings taxes
A) before you calculate your military
contributions (literary, musical, scholas-
withheld shown on Forms W-2. See
pension exemption.
tic, or artistic) to a tax exempt agency
Diagram Page 32, Box 19.
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or institution that is operated on a
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not-for-profit basis. Cash contributions
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Include your total military retirement
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If your total Missouri itemized
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benefits reported on federal Form
deductions are less than your standard
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1040A, Line 12b or federal Form 1040,
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deduction (see Pages 6 and 7, Line 8)
Line 16b. If you are filing a combined
Social security tax is the amount in
you should take the standard deduc-
return and both spouses had military
the social security tax withheld box
tion on the front of Form MO-1040P,
retirement, combine those amounts on
on Forms W-2. The amount cannot
Line 8, unless you were required to
Line 1.
exceed $4,486. Your Medicare is the
itemize your federal deductions. If you
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amount in the Medicare tax withheld
are required to itemize on the federal
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box on Forms W-2. Enter the total on
return, you must use the itemized
Line 2. Repeat for your spouse and
amount from the itemized worksheet.
Include your total retirement benefits
enter the total on Line 3.
Attach a copy of Federal Form 1040
from public sources (including mili-
(pages 1 and 2) and Federal Schedule A.
tary) reported on federal Form 1040A,
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Line 12b or federal Form 1040, Line
FORM MO-PTS
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16b. If you are filing a combined return
and both spouses had retirement bene-
Include the amount of railroad retire-
Information to Complete
fits from public sources, combine those
ment tax withheld from your wages, Tier
Form MO-PTS
amounts on Line 2.
I and Tier II, during 2011. The amount
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cannot exceed $7,575. (Tier I maxi-
If you qualify for the Property Tax
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Credit you must attach your Form
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MO-PTS to your Form MO-1040P and
of $3,089.) Enter the total on Line 4.
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Repeat for your spouse and enter the
mail to: Missouri Department of Rev-
Multiply the percentage calculated
enue, P.O. Box 2800, Jefferson City,
total on Line 5.
on Line 3 by the total public pension
MO 65105-2800.
If you have both FICA and railroad
amount reported on Line 14 of
retirement tax, the maximum de duc-
Important: You must complete Form
Section A. If you did not claim a
tion allowed is the amount withheld
MO-1040P, Line 1 through Line 19,
public pension, enter $0.
as shown on the Forms W-2 less,
before you complete Form MO-PTS.
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either the amount entered on Federal
Note: If your filing status on Form
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Form 1040, Line 69, or, if only one
EnsIon
MO-1040P is married filing combined,
employer, the amount refunded by
but you and your spouse lived at
The maximum military exemption
the employer.
different addresses the entire year, you
you may claim in 2011 is equal to
may file a separate Form MO-PTC. Do
30 percent of your military pension.
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not include spouse name and social
Multiply the amount on Line 5 by 30
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security number if you marked married
percent.
Include the amount from Federal Form
filing separate.
1040, Line 56 minus Line 27 or Federal
Form 1040NR, Line 54 minus Line 27.
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