How to Certify Income for Military Personnel

When certifying low-income households at your tax credit site, you may encounter a situation in which you need to calculate income for military personnel. You may find the process difficult because you may have trouble obtaining the right documentation to prove to your state housing agency and the IRS that a household meets the tax credit program’s income-eligibility requirements. You may have trouble getting back the third-party Military Verification Form, or you may have trouble interpreting a copy of a service member’s recent Leave and Earnings Statement (LES).