To exclude your military pay on your IL return, please follow these steps: First make sure the EIN on your W-2 is entered correctly. As you go through the IL return, you should come to a screen, Any Military Pay? Click the Yes box. On the Military Pay Exclusion screen, enter the amount of your military pay in the box (if it's not already there) Click Continue.

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How do I get the state (IL) section to accept that my W2 is military pay and yes the box is checked saying it is active duty pay in the federal section?

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April 14, 2020
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To exclude your military pay on your IL return, please follow these steps:

First make sure the EIN on your W-2 is entered correctly.
As you go through the IL return, you should come to a screen, Any Military Pay? Click the Yes box.
On the Military Pay Exclusion screen, enter the amount of your military pay in the box (if it's not already there)
Click Continue.