For solo CPAs in IL

Illinois state-coded deduction review

State-coded income-tax deduction research for IL returns — the same four-rule slice on §280A / §274(n) / §274(d) / §162(l), with selected references to 35 ILCS 5/203 and 35 ILCS 5/201. Schedule IL-E, Schedule IL-EIC, and Form IL-941 topics are listed for practitioner review; IDOR administrative-rule references remain on the editorial queue.

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Home office deduction (Form 8829)$1,850

Federal §280A simplified method (300 sq ft cap at $5/sq ft) plus state-side add-back conformity. The drawer surfaces the federal IRC + Form 8829 stack and every per-state mirror pulled from STATE_CITATION_REGISTRY for this cell.

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State authority mirror

The state-side statute bracket on every citation in the live cell above resolves against the official DOR portal below — verify directly without leaving the page.

IL Department of Revenue — Publication 130

Verified Illinois tax facts

Figures the editorial team re-checked against the live IDOR / MyTax Illinois portal before publication — tap any “Verified against” caption to land on the originating portal page.

Individual income tax rate
4.95% flat (35 ILCS 5/201(a))

Verified against IDOR — Income Tax Rates

Personal exemption (TY 2024)
$2,500 base allowance; AGI-phaseout above $500,000 MFJ / $250,000 all other filers

Verified against Schedule IL-E/EITC Instructions (TY 2024)

Pass-through withholding (Form IL-941)
4.95% on nonresident partner / S-corp shareholder distributions (35 ILCS 5/704A)

Verified against Form IL-941 Instructions — current-year PDF

Corporate income tax rate
7.00% flat (effective July 1, 2017)

Verified against IDOR — Income Tax Rates

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State-coded review now covers IL — Schedule IL-E line-by-line review, base-income add-back interplay under 35 ILCS 5/203, and pass-through withholding on Form IL-941. Same scanner, same IRC + state citation chain, one more state in the registry.

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