State of Legal Residence (SLR) — Pick a No-Income-Tax State
Service members can maintain a single State of Legal Residence (SLR) regardless of where they're physically stationed. Pick a no-income-tax state (TX, FL, NV, WA, TN, NH, AK, SD, WY) and keep it for your entire career — your military pay is taxed only by your SLR, not by the state you happen to be PCS'd to.
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Establish SLR by physically living in the state + holding an ID/license/registration there + voting there + intent to return. Once established, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act locks it in regardless of subsequent PCS moves. Switching SLR requires re-establishing residency in a new state — usually only worth doing for retirement planning. Most over-pay state tax for years because no one tells t
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