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Momentum Grows in Congress to Overturn Controversial Military 'Widow's Tax'

Momentum Grows in Congress to Overturn Controversial Military 'Widow's Tax'

| May 14, 2019

With momentum growing in Congress to repeal a new tax hike on the families of some deceased service members, military advocates hope this will be the year another surviving military spouse pay issue -- the so-called "widow's tax" -- ends.

Spouses of service members who die on active duty or whose military member died of a service-connected illness or injury in retirement often receive monthly payments from both the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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