topic Re: Brightstart Contributions in State tax filing

Brightstart Contributions

JamesCota0908 — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 19:19:12 GMT

Every year I recieve some deduction for our Brightstart Contributions. However I can not find it this year for Illinois Taxes. All I see is the ABLE program contributions not Brightstart. Where am I to enter this?

Re: Brightstart Contributions

AnnetteB6 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:07:59 GMT

As you go through the Illinois return, look for the section that says Here's the income that Illinois handles differently.

On that page there is a section for Education.

Click Start beside the line labeled College savings and prepaid tuition plan contributions.

Re: Brightstart Contributions

JamesCota0908 — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:34:59 GMT

I only see ABLE contributions not brightstart

Re: Brightstart Contributions

DaveF1006 — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:09:14 GMT

You can add your Brightstar Contribution in your Illinois return along with the account number. Even though it says Able 1, it is perfectly acceptable to enter Brightstar contributions in this section. You can reference this Turbo Tax link, to verify that what i just said is correct. this is true for the turbo Tax online version as well as the Turbo Tax desktop.