Illinois 2011: Property Tax Credit on Principal Residence
Updated: 2/20/2013
Article ID: SLN62348
Illinois homeowners who paid property taxes on their principal residence may be allowed to reduce their Illinois tax.
Certain customers, who paid property taxes and claimed a credit on their second home, may have filed an incorrect Illinois tax return.
TurboTax has fixed this issue.
How to tell if you may be impacted
You may be affected if ALL of the following are true:
- You filed your 2011 Illinois tax return before February 21, 2012 AND
- Your federal tax return included a Form 1098 (Mortgage Interest Statement) with an amount in Box 5 (Property tax) for a second home AND
- You have an amount on Schedule ICR (Illinois Credits), Line 4a (Illinois Property Tax paid)
If you are affected, you may have underpaid your Illinois tax. You may need to amend your Illinois tax return.
You can make the corrections yourself.
- To do it yourself, please follow these step-by-step instructions.
- After you make the changes to your tax return, you will need to mail a copy of your amended state return.
- Your printed return will include instructions on how and where to mail it.
- If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the email.
Or let us do the work for you.
- Please download and print this Authorization Form.
- Complete the form and fax it to us at the number printed at the top of the form.
- A TurboTax representative will contact you (within 15 days) when your corrected return is ready to be securely emailed back to you.
- You can print, sign, and mail the corrected return to the state taxing authority.
If you need to contact us, please use the phone number in the email from TurboTax and tell the representative you’re calling about the Illinois 2011: Property Tax Credit.
