Empower Illinois Tax Credit

[Jostamike]

I am trying to include the Certificate of Receipt to claim the Empower Illinois tax credit.  The Certificate of Receipt number is 10 digits, however, I am getting an error from ATX saying its supposed to be 9 digits.  I have called the IL Dept of Revenue and confirmed I have the correct number and it is in fact 10 digits.  Is this a software error, or I am entering incorrectly?  I am entering the credit on page 3 of Form 1299-C.

[jklcpa]

I'm not familiar with this credit but took a look at the form, its instructions, and the fields available on that page. From looking at the instructions, it appears that the identifying number field is for an FEIN that would be 9 digits, not the 10-digit COR you are trying to enter.  Did the IL DOR say that the 10-digit COR # is what is expected on that form? Did this taxpayer go through the entire process of registering for an account and applying for the credit on the MyTaxIllinois site?

[Jostamike]

Yes, they applied and received a Contribution Authorization Certificate from the IL Dept of Revenue and then received a Certificate of Receipt from the School.   The certificate number from the Certificate of Receipt, which is what the instructions for 1299-C say to enter, is 10 digits.

[jklcpa]

Ah, sorry, I do see that in the instructions now.  Sorry I couldn't help.

[Ringers]

Jostamike,

You are correct--the certificate number that you enter for the Invest in Kids program is 10 digits.  I use ProSeries and it takes the 10 digit number.  If ATX only allows 9 digits, they haveprogrammed the form incorrectly.

I am an Illinois preparer and haqve done a number of these credits including my own.

[Jostamike]

Thank you for your responses.  I think I will need to file it on paper with the error.  It won't allow me to efile with a 10 digit number.