Terms of Service – BAH Calculator Usage Agreement

Please read these terms carefully before using our free BAH Calculator tool and website.

Effective Date: January 1, 2025 | Last Updated: January 1, 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using the BAH Calculator website and tool (the "Service"), you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of this agreement. If you do not agree to abide by the above, please do not use this Service.

2. Description of BAH Calculator Service

BAH Calculator is a free web-based tool that provides estimates of Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates for U.S. military personnel. The Service includes:

  • • BAH calculation tool based on rank, dependency status, and location
  • • Educational content about BAH and military housing benefits
  • • Links to official government resources and military finance information
  • • Customer support and feedback mechanisms
  • • Mobile-friendly interface for military personnel

3. User Responsibilities

By using this BAH Calculator Service, you agree to:

  • • Use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms
  • • Provide accurate information when using the BAH calculator
  • • Understand that results are estimates only and not official BAH determinations
  • • Respect the intellectual property rights of the Service
  • • Not attempt to interfere with or disrupt the Service or its servers
  • • Not use the Service for any commercial purposes without written permission
  • • Not misrepresent the Service as an official government tool

4. Prohibited Uses

You may not use the BAH Calculator Service:

  • • For any unlawful purpose or to solicit others to perform unlawful acts
  • • To violate any international, federal, provincial, or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances
  • • To infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others
  • • To harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate
  • • To submit false or misleading information to the calculator
  • • To upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code
  • • To collect or track the personal information of others
  • • To spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape our website
  • • For any obscene or immoral purpose
  • • To interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service

5. Intellectual Property Rights

The BAH Calculator Service and its original content, features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of BAH Calculator and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without our prior written consent.

6. User-Generated Content

If you submit feedback, suggestions, or other communications to us about the BAH Calculator, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.

7. Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of the BAH Calculator Service, to understand our practices regarding data collection and protection.

8. Disclaimers

The information on this BAH Calculator Service is provided on an "as is" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, this Company:

  • • Excludes all representations and warranties relating to this Service and its contents
  • • Excludes all liability for damages arising out of or in connection with your use of this Service
  • • Does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or currency of BAH rate information
  • • Does not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free
  • • Makes no representations about the suitability of the information for any purpose

9. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall BAH Calculator, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your use of the BAH Calculator Service.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless BAH Calculator and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees).

11. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your access to the BAH Calculator immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Service will cease immediately.

12. Governing Law

These Terms shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights.

13. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will try to provide at least 30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.

14. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

15. Waiver

Except as provided herein, the failure to exercise a right or to require performance of an obligation under this Terms shall not effect a party's ability to exercise such right or require such performance at any time thereafter nor shall be the waiver of a breach constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach.

16. Acknowledgment

By using our BAH Calculator Service, you acknowledge that you have read these Terms of Service and agree to be bound by them.

17. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at:

Email: legal@bahcalculator.org

Subject Line: Terms of Service Inquiry

Important Reminder

This BAH Calculator is an independent tool and is not affiliated with the Department of Defense or any military branch. For official BAH rates and determinations, always consult the official DTMO BAH Calculator or your unit's finance office.