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NSIAD-85-58 1 (1985-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnpp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION byte The Honorable John C. Stennis Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Senator Stennis: Subject: Military and Federal Civilian Disposable Income Comparisons Using January 1985 Pay Rates (GAO/NSIAD-85-58) This is in response to a February 15, 1985, request by your office that we update certain information on comparative dispos- able incomes that initially appeared on page 15 and in Appendix IV of our report on Military and Federal Civilian Disposable Income Comparisons and Extra Pays Received y Military Personnel (GAO/NSIAD-84-41, May 4, 1984). EFclosure I is a summary table updating the disposable income comparisons using January 1985 pay rates, and enclosure II provides more detailed information on these comparisons. While these comparisons show projected income for 1985, they do not show the effect of the Administra- tion's requests for a July 1, 1985, 3 percent military pay raise, and an October 1, 1985, 5 percent cut in civil service pay. The enclosed disposable income estimates rest on numerous simplifying assumptions about pays, family size, and taxes and are not intended to be representative of a typical military or civil service individual. The specific assumptions used are ex- plained in footnotes to the enclosed tables; however, it is im- portant to note the following: --Estimates of state and federal income taxes assume a standard deduction, although many taxpayers, particularly homeowners and those with higher incomes, claim deduc- tions which exceed the standard deduction. Because of the nontaxable nature of some military pay, larger item- ized deductions would proportionately increase civil service disposable income to a greater extent than mili- tary disposable income. --Both military and civil service personnel were assumed to be living in Virginia and paying Virginia state income taxes, although data shows that, because of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, a large percentage 391033 5-3 101' B-215107 RELEASED MARCH 15, 1985 126488 /Z4 t UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

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