PAGE  1
000 A000000 10/31/2008
000 C000000 0001210123
000 D000000 N
000 E000000 NF
000 F000000 Y
000 G000000 N
000 H000000 N
000 I000000 6.1
000 J000000 A
001 A000000 Evergreen Income Advantage Fund
001 B000000 811-21269
001 C000000 6172103200
002 A000000 200 Berkeley Street
002 B000000 Boston
002 C000000 MA
002 D010000 02116
002 D020000 5034
003  000000 N
004  000000 N
005  000000 N
006  000000 N
007 A000000 N
007 B000000  0
007 C010100  1
008 A000001 EVERGREEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO., LLC
008 B000001 A
008 C000001 801-83270
008 D010001 BOSTON
008 D020001 MA
008 D030001 02116
008 D040001 5034
008 A000002 Tattersall Advisory Group
008 B000002 A
008 C000002 801-00000
008 D010002 Richmond
008 D020002 VA
008 D030002 23230
010 A000001 EVERGREEN INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.
010 B000001 801-46522
010 C010001 BOSTON
010 C020001 MA
010 C030001 02116
010 C040001 5034
011 A000001 EVERGREEN INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.
011 B000001 8-46522
011 C010001 BOSTON
011 C020001 MA
011 C030001 02116
011 C040001 5034
011 A000002 DELETE
012 A000001 Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
      PAGE  2
012 B000001 85-0000
012 C010001 Providence
012 C020001 RI
012 C030001 02940
012 C040001 3010
013 A000001 KPMG LLP
013 B010001 BOSTON
013 B020001 MA
013 B030001 02110
014 A000001 WACHOVIA SECURITIES, INC.
014 B000001 8-0
014 A000002 FIRST CLEARING CORP.
014 B000002 8-0
014 A000003 EVERGREEN INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.
014 B000003 8-0
014 A000004 WACHOVIA SECURITIES FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC.
014 B000004 8-0
014 A000005 Golden West Securities, LLC
014 B000005 8-0
014 A000006 Wachovia Insurance Svcs. Broker Dealer, Inc.
014 B000006 8-046748
014 A000007 METROPOLITAN WEST SECURITIES, LLC
014 B000007 8-044780
014 A000008 Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
014 B000008 8-0
014 A000009 A.G. Edwards, Inc.
014 B000009 8-0
015 A000001 STATE STREET CORPORATION
015 B000001 C
015 C010001 BOSTON
015 C020001 MA
015 C030001 02110
015 C040001 8609
015 E010001 X
018  000000 Y
019 A000000 Y
019 B000000   94
019 C000000 EVERGREENS
020 A000001 SANFORD C BERNSTEIN CO LLC
020 C000001      6
020 A000002 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
020 C000002      6
020 A000003 Citigroup Global Markets Holdings
020 C000003      5
020 A000004 WDR WARBURG DILLION READ
020 C000004      5
020 A000005 Bank of New York Co., Inc.
020 C000005      3
020 A000006 Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
020 C000006      2
020 A000007 Goldmand Sachs Group, Inc.
      PAGE  3
020 C000007      1
020 A000008 Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
020 C000008      1
020 A000009 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
020 B000009 13-5674085
020 C000009      1
020 A000010 Keybanc Capital Markets, Inc.
020 C000010      1
021  000000       30
022 A000001 Chase Securities, Inc.
022 C000001    103904
022 D000001     76680
022 A000002 Credit Suisse Securities
022 C000002     77657
022 D000002     79045
022 A000003 Lehman Brothers, Inc.
022 B000003 13-2518466
022 C000003     57999
022 D000003     78461
022 A000004 Bank of America Corp.
022 C000004     62177
022 D000004     53441
022 A000005 Goldman Sachs & Co.
022 B000005 13-5108880
022 C000005     47643
022 D000005     44654
022 A000006 Citigroup, Inc.
022 B000006 13-3187336
022 C000006     33821
022 D000006     39880
022 A000007 Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
022 C000007     38786
022 D000007     29810
022 A000008 WDR WARBURG DILLION READ
022 C000008     33845
022 D000008     30354
022 A000009 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
022 B000009 13-5674085
022 C000009     26073
022 D000009     34244
022 A000010 Morgan Stanley
022 C000010     30033
022 D000010     27862
023 C000000     561713
023 D000000     645966
024  000000 Y
025 A000001 Lehman Brothers, Inc.
025 B000001 13-2518466
025 C000001 D
025 D000001     124
025 A000002 Goldman Sachs & Co.
      PAGE  4
025 B000002 13-5108880
025 C000002 D
025 D000002    5217
025 A000003 Morgan Stanley
025 C000003 D
025 D000003    4668
026 A000000 Y
026 B000000 Y
026 C000000 N
026 D000000 Y
026 E000000 N
026 F000000 N
026 G010000 N
026 G020000 Y
026 H000000 N
027  000000 N
028 A010000         0
028 A020000         0
028 A030000         0
028 A040000         0
028 B010000         0
028 B020000         0
028 B030000         0
028 B040000         0
028 C010000         0
028 C020000         0
028 C030000         0
028 C040000         0
028 D010000         0
028 D020000         0
028 D030000         0
028 D040000         0
028 E010000         0
028 E020000         0
028 E030000         0
028 E040000         0
028 F010000         0
028 F020000         0
028 F030000         0
028 F040000         0
028 G010000         0
028 G020000         0
028 G030000         0
028 G040000         0
028 H000000         0
030 A000000      0
030 B000000  0.00
030 C000000  0.00
031 A000000      0
031 B000000      0
032  000000      0
      PAGE  5
033  000000      0
035  000000      0
036 B000000      0
038  000000      0
042 A000000   0
042 B000000   0
042 C000000   0
042 D000000   0
042 E000000   0
042 F000000   0
042 G000000   0
042 H000000   0
043  000000      0
044  000000      0
045  000000 Y
046  000000 N
047  000000 Y
048  000000  0.600
048 A010000        0
048 A020000 0.000
048 B010000        0
048 B020000 0.000
048 C010000        0
048 C020000 0.000
048 D010000        0
048 D020000 0.000
048 E010000        0
048 E020000 0.000
048 F010000        0
048 F020000 0.000
048 G010000        0
048 G020000 0.000
048 H010000        0
048 H020000 0.000
048 I010000        0
048 I020000 0.000
048 J010000        0
048 J020000 0.000
048 K010000        0
048 K020000 0.000
049  000000 N
050  000000 N
051  000000 N
052  000000 N
053 A000000 Y
053 B000000 Y
053 C000000 N
054 A000000 Y
054 B000000 N
054 C000000 N
054 D000000 N
      PAGE  6
054 E000000 N
054 F000000 N
054 G000000 N
054 H000000 N
054 I000000 N
054 J000000 Y
054 K000000 N
054 L000000 N
054 M000000 Y
054 N000000 N
054 O000000 N
055 A000000 N
055 B000000 N
056  000000 Y
057  000000 N
058 A000000 N
059  000000 Y
060 A000000 Y
060 B000000 Y
061  000000        0
062 A000000 Y
062 B000000   0.0
062 C000000   0.0
062 D000000   0.0
062 E000000   0.0
062 F000000   0.0
062 G000000   0.0
062 H000000   0.0
062 I000000   0.0
062 J000000   0.0
062 K000000   0.0
062 L000000  37.3
062 M000000   0.0
062 N000000   0.0
062 O000000   0.0
062 P000000 140.6
062 Q000000  14.1
062 R000000 -92.0
063 A000000   0
063 B000000  5.1
064 A000000 N
064 B000000 N
066 A000000 N
067  000000 N
068 A000000 N
068 B000000 N
069  000000 N
070 A010000 Y
070 A020000 N
070 B010000 Y
070 B020000 N
      PAGE  7
070 C010000 Y
070 C020000 N
070 D010000 Y
070 D020000 N
070 E010000 Y
070 E020000 N
070 F010000 Y
070 F020000 N
070 G010000 Y
070 G020000 N
070 H010000 Y
070 H020000 N
070 I010000 N
070 I020000 N
070 J010000 Y
070 J020000 Y
070 K010000 Y
070 K020000 Y
070 L010000 Y
070 L020000 N
070 M010000 Y
070 M020000 N
070 N010000 Y
070 N020000 Y
070 O010000 Y
070 O020000 N
070 P010000 N
070 P020000 N
070 Q010000 Y
070 Q020000 N
070 R010000 Y
070 R020000 N
071 A000000    680261
071 B000000    792915
071 C000000   1148097
071 D000000   59
072 A000000  6
072 B000000    61361
072 C000000     1041
072 D000000        0
072 E000000      178
072 F000000     3791
072 G000000      316
072 H000000        0
072 I000000       15
072 J000000       90
072 K000000        0
072 L000000       69
072 M000000       15
072 N000000        0
072 O000000        0
      PAGE  8
072 P000000     3646
072 Q000000        0
072 R000000       51
072 S000000        0
072 T000000        0
072 U000000        0
072 V000000        0
072 W000000     2517
072 X000000    10510
072 Y000000      643
072 Z000000    52713
072AA000000        0
072BB000000   106765
072CC010000        0
072CC020000   239285
072DD010000    45248
072DD020000        0
072EE000000        0
073 A010000   0.6600
073 A020000   0.0000
073 B000000   0.0000
073 C000000   0.0000
074 A000000     4110
074 B000000        0
074 C000000    13569
074 D000000   711467
074 E000000        0
074 F000000     5094
074 G000000        0
074 H000000        0
074 I000000   246922
074 J000000    11857
074 K000000        0
074 L000000    29475
074 M000000       58
074 N000000  1022552
074 O000000    19720
074 P000000       52
074 Q000000        0
074 R010000        0
074 R020000        0
074 R030000        0
074 R040000   496475
074 S000000        0
074 T000000   506305
074 U010000    68933
074 U020000        0
074 V010000     7.34
074 V020000     0.00
074 W000000   0.0000
074 X000000        0
      PAGE  9
074 Y000000        0
075 A000000        0
075 B000000   749971
076  000000     6.25
077 A000000 Y
077 B000000 N
077 C000000 N
077 D000000 N
077 E000000 N
077 F000000 N
077 G000000 N
077 H000000 N
077 I000000 N
077 J000000 N
077 K000000 N
077 L000000 N
077 M000000 N
077 N000000 N
077 O000000 Y
077 P000000 N
077 Q010000 N
077 Q020000 N
077 Q030000 N
078  000000 N
080 C000000        0
081 B000000   0
082 B000000        0
083 B000000        0
084 B000000        0
086 A010000      0
086 A020000      0
086 B010000      0
086 B020000      0
086 C010000      0
086 C020000      0
086 D010000      0
086 D020000      0
086 E010000      0
086 E020000      0
086 F010000      0
086 F020000      0
087 A010000 EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND
087 A020000 30023Y105
087 A030000 EAD
088 A000000 N
088 B000000 N
088 C000000 N
088 D000000 Y
SIGNATURE   KASEY PHILLIPS
TITLE       SVP - FUND ADMIN