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Deductions & credits
"I have contributed 12,000 to T-IRA last year (2022) for me and spouse."
I assume that you meant to say that you contributed $6,000 to your traditional IRA and your spouse contributed $6,000 to your spouse's traditional IRA (perhaps you making the deposit on behalf of your spouse, but it's still your spouse's contribution).
"I am planning to contribute 13k to T-IRAs and immediately recharacterize it to ROTH."
This does seem to make sense in Illinois. Unlike some other states which exempt certain retirement distributions from state tax, I find nothing in the Illinois tax code that requires one be a particular age to take advantage of this. This is what is described in the thread to which you linked.
Because you'll have no basis in nondeductible traditional IRA contribution, there is no pro-rata calculation of the taxable amount on your federal tax return, no entries in Part I of Form 8606. The entire amount of the Roth conversion will be federally taxable, shown on Form 8606 Part II.