Q: Which states do not tax federal retirement benefits? A: States with no personal income taxes include Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. Those states that exempt the total amount of civil service annuities include Alabama, North Carolina (beginning in 1998 if the individual had five years of creditable government service as of Aug. 12, 1989), Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky (only if retired before Jan. 1, 1998), Hawaii, Oregon (not taxed if retired before Oct. 1, 1991; if retired on that date or later, only taxed on the portion earned after that…