State tax filing

Are you talking about the line 24 entry for health savings account deduction on Schedule NR? Is your question whether or not to put that amount in the Illinois column (I assume that it carried from the federal return to the federal column)?

Based on what I read in the Schedule NR instructions, my answer would be "yes". Please read on.

In reading the instructions for the Schedule NR, it appears that for line 24, you are to copy the amount in Column A (federal) over to Column B.

You will note that many lines have instructions on how to calculate the amount to allocate to Illinois - notice in the instructions the "Self-employment decimal for Lines 26, 27, and 28" immediately after line 24. 

But for other lines - like Line 30 Alimony - the instructions just say, "Enter the amount of alimony you paid during the tax year as shown in Column A. "

Since the instructions from line 24 state baldly "Enter the amount of health savings account deduction you claimed this year as shown in Column A" with no discussion of prorating, I take that to mean, "yes, you can claim the deduction".

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