Illinois spouse middle initial doesn't show on IL 1040 return

[LeslieAMartin27]

 A client asked me why his middle initial appeared on the signature forms for Illinois but the spouse's did not.  It's on the IL 1040 return but not the signature forms.

[dkh]

Holy cow - your clients actually look at things like that !    I have a hard time getting my clients to let me go over the numbers with them.  It's usually- "just tell me where to sign".   

sorry I know this doesn't help answer your question

[dascpa]

Simple answer - Illinois ran out of budget money.  They could only afford to program one middle initial.

[sjrcpa]

If nothing else, clients usually know if their name and address are correct on the return.