Illinois EITC and Child Tax Credit
Illinois adds its own earned income credit, plus a Child Tax Credit worth 40 percent of it if you have a kid under 12.
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Verified Sept 27, 2026 against the official pageClaim yearly. The official page has not posted this year’s date yet.
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- Who qualifies
- Illinois workers who qualify for the EITC
- How to get it
- Claim on your Illinois return
- Where it works
- Illinois
- When
- Claim yearly. The official page has not posted this year’s date yet.
- Official source
- tax.illinois.gov
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