About 8,274 Illinois taxpayers claimed the earned income tax credit on their 2022 federal tax returns but didn’t take advantage of the state EITC, according to the latest figure from the Illinois Department of Revenue. That meant an estimated $4.15 million went unclaimed by Illinois taxpayers who would have qualified.
Gosh, well…I certainly appears that these folks didn’t know about it. The State certainly doesn’t make it easy to know about the credits, so perhaps if 8,274 people are known to have not taken advantage of this credit…perhaps the state should proactively help… what a concept.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Gosh, well…I certainly appears that these folks didn’t know about it. The State certainly doesn’t make it easy to know about the credits, so perhaps if 8,274 people are known to have not taken advantage of this credit…perhaps the state should proactively help… what a concept.