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The Coalition to Restore DC Pension Benefit is a group of retired Washington, D.C. military, teachers, firefighters, police officers, and civil servants. Since 2017, the coalition has demanded the passage of a long-pending bill that would eliminate taxes on up to $20,000 of pension income in DC. For more information on the Coalition’s initiatives, visit http://dcpensionrelief.com    

After numerous pension tax relief bills have been introduced with majority council support, the Council still needs to pass them. In 2017, most council members introduced Bill 22-0044, which allows retired public servants, the military, and blind taxpayers to exclude up to $20,000 of pension income from D.C. taxes despite comprehensive popular support. 

The Pension Exclusion Restoration and Expansion Act of 2019, introduced on Jan. 8 by Ward 7 Council member Vincent Gray with support from eight colleagues, would allow public pensioners to exclude up to $20,000 from D.C. income taxes. Gray introduced similar bills twice in 2017— the Senior Citizen Tax Relief Amendment Act on Jan. 10 and the Pension Exclusion Restoration and Expansion Act on June 6 — with majority council support each time.

In D.C., once taxpayers turned 65, they received a higher personal exemption when they filed their taxes.  Taxpayers who are blind also received the higher personal exemption. Starting in 2018, that exemption for seniors and blind taxpayers is no longer available. It appears that the D.C. City Council does not value seniors and taxpayers with visual impairments. Join us in our movement to pass the Bill B25-0184.