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March 14, 2020
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National guard IL State Taxes

  • March 14, 2020
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Son was in IL National Guard for all of 2019.  There were no State taxes were withheld.  How do we report or does he pay state taxes?  

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    DanaB27
    March 14, 2020

    In Illinois, your son gets a tax break for being in the National Guard; military pay is tax-exempt. Please see Illinois Revenue military pay for details.

     

    When going through the Illinois state return in TurboTax ensure that your son's military pay exclusion is entered:

     

     

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