How a Single-Salary Compensation System Could Affect Privatized Military Housing

Abstract

If the military moves to a single-salary system (SSS), it would combine basic pay and allowances into a single, taxable compensation, with no differences regarding whether servicemembers have dependents. An SSS would mostly raise salaries for single servicemembers and reduce them for families, unless Congress substantially increased personnel outlays. We estimate a reduction in total family pay between 5 to 14 percent. Most of that reduction would come from removing tax advantages for allowances.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 29, 2020
Accession Number
AD1145618

Entities

People

  • Andrew L Hong
  • George Tolley
  • Glenn Ackerman
  • Jessica Fears
  • Louise Collis
  • Peter Bernstein
  • Robert Shuford
  • S Yellin
  • Susan Starcovic

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Business Administration
  • Compensation
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Housing Projects
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Transfers
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • United States Government

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