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Retirement tax questions
No, IL does not tax Social Security benefits and certain retirement plans.
Per the IL-1040 instructions for Line #5 http://tax.illinois.gov/TaxForms/IncmCurrentYear/Individual/IL-1040-Instr.pdf, deduct federally taxable social security benefits and certain retirement plans that are entered :
Enter the amount of federally taxed:
- Social Security and retirement income included in your adjusted gross income on Form IL-1040, Line 1 that you received from qualified employee benefit plans (including railroad retirement and 401(K) plans) reported on federal Form 1040, Line 16b, or Form 1040A, Line 12b.
- Individual Retirement Accounts or self-employed retirement plans reported on federal Form 1040, Line 15b, or Form 1040A, Line 11b.
- Social Security and railroad retirement benefits reported on federal Form 1040, Line 20b, or Form 1040A, Line 14b.
- government retirement and government disability plans and group term life insurance premiums paid by a qualified retirement plan reported as wages on your federal Form 1040 or 1040A, Line 7.
- state or local government deferred compensation plans reported on federal Form 1040, Line 7 or 16b, or Form 1040A, Line 7 or 12b.
- certain capital gains on employer securities reported on federal Form 1040, Line 13.
- certain retirement payments made directly to retired partners reported on federal Form 1040, Line 17.
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