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February 6, 2025
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Why is is showing that I owe tax in Illinois on my retirement and social security?

  • February 6, 2025
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    Best answer by xmasbaby0

    Illinois does not tax retirement income.   So you either entered your retirement income in the wrong place in the federal return or you are misunderstanding something you are seeing on your IL return.

     

    Income is entered in the federal software and flows to the state return.

     

     Go to Federal> Wages & Income>>Retirement Plans and Social Security  (SSA1099 and 1099RRB) to enter your SSA1099.

     

     

    To enter your retirement income, Go to  Federal> Wages and Income>Retirement Plans and Social Security>IRA  401 k) Pension Plan Withdrawals to enter your 1099R.

     

     

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    February 6, 2025

    Illinois does not tax retirement income.   So you either entered your retirement income in the wrong place in the federal return or you are misunderstanding something you are seeing on your IL return.

     

    Income is entered in the federal software and flows to the state return.

     

     Go to Federal> Wages & Income>>Retirement Plans and Social Security  (SSA1099 and 1099RRB) to enter your SSA1099.

     

     

    To enter your retirement income, Go to  Federal> Wages and Income>Retirement Plans and Social Security>IRA  401 k) Pension Plan Withdrawals to enter your 1099R.

     

     

    **Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
    February 6, 2025

    Thank you for your answer.   That is what I thought too, because I knew there should be no tax.  I've done my taxes on Turbo for years, but this was the first time filing single.  I went back twice and searched for the error and came up with the same results, so I went to another filing site.   Everything went through without a hitch, so I filed with that one and deleted the started return in Turbo.   What started out as a less than an hour job, turned into a nerve racking 3 hour ordeal.