26 U.S.C. § 139C
Certain disability-related first responder retirement payments
United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective
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- 26 U.S.C. § 139C, Certain disability-related first responder retirement payments, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/462218
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In the case of an individual who receives qualified first responder retirement payments for any taxable year, gross income shall not include so much of such payments as do not exceed the annualized excludable disability amount with respect to such individual.
For purposes of this section, the term “qualified first responder retirement payments” means, with respect to any taxable year, any pension or annuity which but for this section would be includible in gross income for such taxable year and which is received—
For purposes of this section—
The term “annualized excludable disability amount” means, with respect to any individual, the service-connected excludable disability amounts which are properly attributable to the 12-month period immediately preceding the date on which such individual attains retirement age.
The term “service-connected excludable disability amount” means periodic payments received by an individual which—
In the case of an individual who only receives service-connected excludable disability amounts properly attributable to a portion of the 12-month period described in paragraph (1), such paragraph shall be applied by multiplying such amounts by the ratio of 365 to the number of days in such period to which such amounts were properly attributable.
For purposes of this section, the term “qualified first responder service” means service as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or emergency medical technician.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023House: 225–201Senate: no recorded tally