SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT 101: If you receive orders that require you to move from your home state to another state, your state of legal residence for tax purposes does not change. SCRA prevents you from having to pay state taxes on your military income or personal property – such as a car – to any state other than your state of legal residency. If you or your spouse earn non-military income, you may have to pay income taxes to the state where you are stationed, if that state has an income tax. However, that state cannot use your military earnings to increase your (or your spouse’s) tax liability. This part of SCRA also applies to voting rights. Active servicemembers may vote in their home state elections regardless of their absence due to military duty.