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State tax filing

Open your IL return:

  1. Continue to the screen Here's the income that Illinois handles differently
  2. Scroll down to Education College savings, ABLE accounts, and student loan repayments
  3. Select College savings and prepaid tuition plan contributions
  4. Enter your contributions on the following screen Tell us about your Illinois college savings plan contributions

You are allowed to subtract up to $10,000 in contributions if you are single and $20,000 if you are married filing a joint return for contributions you made to the “Bright Start” program, the "College Illinois" Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund, or the "Bright Directions" program during the tax year.

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