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S 1593 110th Congress Senate

Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief and protections to military personnel, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 12, 2007 See on congress.gov
Taxation Armed Forces and National SecurityBondsCapital gains taxCitizenship
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Jun 12, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7548-7553)
Jun 12, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7548)
Jun 12, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 12, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7548-7553)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to military personnel to: (1) extend the limitation period for filing tax refund claims resulting from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability determinations; (2) make permanent the taxpayer election to treat combat zone compensation as earned income for purposes of the earned income tax credit; (3) treat differential wage payments made to active duty members of the uniformed services as wages for retirement plan purposes; (4) make permanent the exemption from the 10% penalty for premature retirement plan distributions made by active duty military personnel; (5) treat state payments to members of the uniformed services as qualified military benefits for purposes of the tax exclusion of such benefits; (6) make permanent the authority of the Social Security Administration to disclose tax return information to the VA for purposes of determining eligibility for certain veterans benefit programs; (7) extend through 2010 mortgage bond financing exemption rules for certain veterans; (8) make permanent the tax exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence by certain members of the Intelligence Community; (9) allow unlimited tax-free rollovers of military death gratuities to Roth individual retirement accounts (Roth IRAs); (10) allow employers a tax credit for differential wage payments made to active duty military personnel; and (11) set forth tax rules for U.S. citizens and certain permanent residents (expatriates) who relinquish their citizenship or residency to avoid U.S taxation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1593: Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1593/
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"S. 1593: Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1593/.
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