Deductions & credits

You have to open the form since it is not been opened yet.   On that same page, scroll up and click on Open Form.   Then expand (click the + next to 2025 - Illinois) Illinois and select the Illinois Earned Income Credit

Follow these steps:

1. Open to your IL return
2. Continue through until you see take a look at IL credits and taxes
3. Locate IL earned income credit,
4. Start/ enter 'update /revisit
5. The program will then state that you do not qualify for IL EIC.
6. While in that screen, switch to FORMS mode
   1. If you are in the IL EIC, great.
   2. If not, go to the top left Open Form, select IL, select EIC and open
7. Look for pink boxes showing an error and correct them.
8. Return to step by step and try review again.