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Question

EITC and MFS

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
January 28, 2022
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Hello All,

In 2021 taxpayers who file MFS and meet the requirements qualify for EITC. This amount SHOULD flow through to Illinois Il-E/EIC form and it does not. We cannot find anything in the statute that states otherwise so we believe this to be a flaw for Illinois EITC.

I would encourage others in Illinois to check this AND those other states that allow EITC and flow through from Federal.

Please check in here.......

@1569 @IntuitBettyJo

ProSeries Professional

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M Braun

Level 2

I believe you might have posted here after we discussed this on Facebook but I am having the same issue. The Illinois EIC statutes simply refer back to the Federal EIC so I believe MFS taxpayers in Illinois should qualify for the IL-EIC as well.

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garman22

Author

Intuit Community Champion

Hi @M Braun

Yes, that was you and I chatting back and forth on FB.

I want to see if the moderators will pop in here and report this.

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Dusty2

Level 6

Did they live apart the last 6 months of the year? why are they not eligible for HOH?

Dusty

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M Braun

Level 2

They lived apart all year. No kids, so no Head of Household. With the expanded federal EIC ($1,502) the Illinois EIC can be significant even for childless taxpayers. IL EIC at 18% of Federal could be up to $270.

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TaxGuyBill

Level 15

@M Braun wrote:

No kids,

No kids?

Maybe I'm forgetting something, but why do you think MFS qualified for EIC (even Federal EIC)?

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Anonymous

We've got our eyes on this. No updates at the moment, thank you!

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garman22

Author

Intuit Community Champion

Thanks @1569 !

Keep us up to date even if the fix is 3 weeks out. Knowing is the battle. Im guessing that this will be a small % of the population with this issue (except for @M Braun ), but a fix is a fix.

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Anonymous

The update for this is available in production. Thanks, all.

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