Joint Ethics Regulation Gift Acceptance Rules
Gifts Soldiers May Accept
- Gifts with a value less than $20 per occasion and less than $50 per source per year
- Soldiers may participate as a guest in modest family activities: hiking, dinner at home, going to a movie theater (limit of $20 per occasion) - Note: gifts given to a Soldier’s family are added to the Soldier’s gift limit total
- Discounts available to all Military Personnel
Gifts Soldiers May Not Accept
- Gifts valued at more than $20
- The total value of all gifts given to the same Soldier may not be more than $50 per year
- Soldiers may participate in more costly family activities at their own expense but may not receive gifts of costly trips or attendance at athletic events where the ticket price/cost is greater than $20
- No free leases on automobiles or other unique discounts with a fair market value more than $20
- No cash or investment instruments may be accepted
Note:
- When computing the $20 limit, you must include the fair market value of gifts given to a Soldier’s family in the total.
- This is not an exhaustive list of permissible/impermissible gifts, these are merely examples.
- If you have questions concerning whether a gift is permissible or not, you may contact the Fort Carson Administrative Law Office at 526-0618.