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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number     811-21269


Evergreen Income Advantage Fund


(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

200 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116


(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip code)

Michael H. Koonce, Esq.
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116


(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (617) 210-3200




Date of fiscal year end:


Registrant is making a quarterly filing for 1 of its series, Evergreen Income Advantage Fund, for the quarter ended January 31, 2005. These 1 series have an April 30 fiscal year end.

Date of reporting period:

January 31, 2005

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments



EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)
  Principal
Amount
Value


CORPORATE BONDS 131.5%
           

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 45.4%
   

Auto Components 4.9%
   
ArvinMeritor, Inc., 6.80%, 02/15/2009 þ     $ 7,249,000   $ 7,502,715  
Collins & Aikman Products Co.:    
    10.75%, 12/31/2011 þ       3,700,000     3,681,500  
    12.875%, 08/24/2012 144A þ       4,425,000     3,683,812  
Dura Operating Corp., Ser. B, 8.625%, 04/15/2012 þ       8,000,000     8,260,000  
RJ Tower Corp., 12.00%, 06/01/2013 þ •       10,800,000     5,913,000  
Tenneco Automotive, Inc., 8.625%, 11/15/2014 144A þ       13,140,000     13,731,300  
TRW Automotive, Inc., 9.375%, 02/15/2013       6,584,000     7,439,920  

        50,212,247

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 11.4%    
Ameristar Casinos, Inc., 10.75%, 02/15/2009       10,000,000     11,250,000  
Equinox Holdings, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/2009 þ       10,930,000     11,640,450  
Gaylord Entertainment Co., 6.75%, 11/15/2014 144A       2,500,000     2,468,750  
Inn of The Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 12.00%, 11/15/2010       7,000,000     8,190,000  
John Q. Hammons Hotels LP, Ser. B, 8.875%, 05/15/2012 þ       12,995,000     14,684,350  
La Quinta Corp., 8.875%, 03/15/2011       10,500,000     11,641,875  
Mandalay Resort Group, Ser. B, 10.25%, 08/01/2007 þ       10,000,000     11,350,000  
Premier Entertainment Biloxi LLC, 10.75%, 02/01/2012       7,000,000     7,630,000  
Town Sports International, Inc., 9.625%, 04/15/2011 þ       6,325,000     6,688,688  
Venetian Casino Resort LLC, 11.00%, 06/15/2010       19,000,000     21,565,000  
Wynn Resorts, Ltd., 6.625%, 12/01/2014 144A       11,280,000     11,139,000  

        118,248,113

Household Durables 1.9%    
K. Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., 7.75%, 05/15/2013 þ       5,000,000     5,437,500  
Meritage Corp., 9.75%, 06/01/2011        1,500,000     1,665,000  
Technical Olympic USA, Inc.:    
    7.50%, 03/15/2011       1,500,000     1,507,500  
    10.375%, 07/01/2012       1,800,000     2,016,000  
WCI Communities, Inc., 9.125%, 05/01/2012 þ       8,000,000     8,940,000  

        19,566,000

Leisure Equipment & Products 1.2%    
Affinity Group, Inc., 9.00%, 02/15/2012       5,475,000     5,885,625  
Riddell Bell Holdings, Inc., 8.375%, 10/01/2012 144A       6,105,000     6,318,675  

        12,204,300

Media 18.8%    
AMC Entertainment, Inc., 8.625%, 08/15/2012 144A       11,430,000     12,458,700  
Cablevision Systems Corp., 8.00%, 04/15/2012 144A þ       15,635,000     16,963,975  
CCO Holdings LLC, 8.75%, 11/15/2013 þ       7,500,000     7,650,000  
Charter Communications Holdings LLC, 8.625%, 04/01/2009 þ       19,000,000     15,295,000  
Cinemark USA, Inc.:    
    9.00%, 02/01/2013       12,000,000     13,500,000  
    Sr. Disc. Note, Step Bond, 0.00%, 03/15/2014 †       7,225,000     5,491,000  
Dex Media East LLC, 9.875%, 11/15/2009 þ       13,500,000     15,187,500  
Emmis Communications Corp., 6.875%, 05/15/2012       7,350,000     7,570,500  
Houghton Mifflin Co., 9.875%, 02/01/2013 þ       15,000,000     15,712,500  
Jostens IH Corp., 7.625%, 10/01/2012 144A       7,465,000     7,632,962  
Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp., 9.00%, 08/01/2014 144A       2,030,000     2,136,575  
Marquee Holdings, Inc., Sr. Disc. Note, Step Bond, 0.00% 08/15/2014 144A †       12,850,000     8,802,250  
Mediacom LLC, 9.50%, 01/15/2013 þ       15,250,000     15,288,125  
PRIMEDIA, Inc., 8.875%, 05/15/2011 þ       5,030,000     5,331,800  
RCN Corp., 12.50%, 06/30/2008 +        17,561,412     18,000,448  
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., 8.00%, 03/15/2012       17,500,000     18,287,500  
WMG Holdings Corp., 6.91%, 12/15/2011 144A       9,000,000     9,135,000  

        194,443,835


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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)
  Principal
Amount
Value


CORPORATE BONDS continued
           

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY continued
   

Specialty Retail 6.0%
   
Aearo Co., 8.25%, 04/15/2012      $ 1,755,000   $ 1,816,425  
American Achievement Corp., 8.25%, 04/01/2012       6,155,000     6,431,975  
Central Garden & Pet Co., 9.125%, 02/01/2013       7,000,000     7,717,500  
Da-Lite Screen Co., Inc., 9.50%, 05/15/2011       8,850,000     9,823,500  
FTD, Inc., 7.75%, 02/15/2014       7,570,000     7,891,725  
Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 8.25%, 08/15/2013       3,000,000     3,165,000  
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., 10.75%, 11/01/2011       10,000,000     11,700,000  
Tempur-Pedic, Inc., 10.25%, 08/15/2010       1,300,000     1,482,000  
United Auto Group, Inc., 9.625%, 03/15/2012       8,000,000     8,760,000  
Warnaco Group, Inc., 8.875%, 06/15/2013       3,200,000     3,536,000  

        62,324,125

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 1.2%    
Oxford Industries, Inc., 8.875%, 06/01/2011       12,000,000     12,840,000  


CONSUMER STAPLES 7.0%
   

Food & Staples Retailing 1.6%
   
Ingles Markets, Inc., 8.875%, 12/01/2011       7,000,000     7,315,000  
Roundy's, Inc., Ser. B, 8.875%, 06/15/2012 þ       8,175,000     8,869,875  

        16,184,875

Food Products 3.3%    
B&G Foods Holdings Corp., 8.00%, 10/01/2011 þ       585,000     625,219  
Chiquita Brands International, Inc., 7.50%, 11/01/2014 144A       2,460,000     2,509,200  
Del Monte Corp.:    
    6.75%, 02/15/2015 144A       1,600,000     1,624,000  
    8.625%, 12/15/2012       9,217,000     10,288,476  
Michael Foods, Inc., 8.00%, 11/15/2013       3,400,000     3,595,500  
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., 10.25%, 10/01/2013       12,890,000     15,468,000  

        34,110,395

Personal Products 1.0%    
Playtex Products, Inc., 8.00%, 03/01/2011 þ       9,000,000     9,855,000  

Tobacco 1.1%    
Commonwealth Brands, Inc., 10.625%, 09/01/2008 144A       7,000,000     7,315,000  
North Atlantic Trading, Inc., 9.25%, 03/01/2012 þ       5,630,000     4,447,700  

        11,762,700


ENERGY 11.4%
   

Energy Equipment & Services 2.9%
   
Grant Prideco, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/2009       6,000,000     6,675,000  
Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., 7.75%, 07/15/2014 144A       4,100,000     4,325,500  
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 6.125%, 12/01/2014 144A       2,100,000     2,105,250  
Parker Drilling Co., Ser. B, 10.125%, 11/15/2009 þ       14,000,000     14,738,500  
SESI LLC, 8.875%, 05/15/2011       2,000,000     2,185,000  

        30,029,250

Oil & Gas 8.5%    
Chesapeake Energy Corp.:    
    6.375%, 06/15/2015 144A       5,375,000     5,509,375  
    6.875%, 01/15/2016       3,360,000     3,511,200  
    7.50%, 09/15/2013       7,000,000     7,665,000  
El Paso Production Holding Co., 7.75%, 06/01/2013       16,000,000     16,720,000  
Evergreen Resources, Inc., 5.875%, 03/15/2012 þ       1,410,000     1,462,178  
Exco Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 01/15/2011       2,245,000     2,379,700  
General Maritime Corp., 10.00%, 03/15/2013 þ       4,920,000     5,645,700  
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., 8.25%, 03/15/2013       12,050,000     13,315,250  
Plains Exploration & Production Co., 8.75%, 07/01/2012       2,500,000     2,781,250  

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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)
  Principal
Amount
Value


CORPORATE BONDS continued
           

ENERGY continued
   

Oil & Gas continued
   
Premcor Refining Group, Inc.:    
    6.75%, 05/01/2014     $ 9,500,000   $ 9,998,750  
    9.50%, 02/01/2013       6,500,000     7,507,500  
Tesoro Petroleum Corp.:    
    8.00%, 04/15/2008       3,225,000     3,483,000  
    9.625%, 04/01/2012 þ       6,925,000     7,911,813  

        87,890,716


FINANCIALS 6.9%
   

Diversified Financial Services 2.3%
   
Borden US Finance Corp., 9.00%, 07/15/2014 144A       2,200,000     2,431,000  
Metris Companies, Inc., 10.125%, 07/15/2006       12,500,000     12,859,375  
Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.00%, 08/03/2009 þ       8,500,000     8,223,750  

        23,514,125

Insurance 0.7%    
Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., 10.375%, 06/15/2013       6,750,000     7,576,875  

Real Estate 3.9%    
Crescent Real Estate Equities, REIT, 9.25%, 04/15/2009       7,425,000     8,093,250  
HMH Properties, Inc., Ser. B, REIT, 7.875%, 08/01/2008       3,814,000     3,933,187  
Host Marriott LP, Ser. J, REIT, 7.125%, 11/01/2013 þ       10,000,000     10,575,000  
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., REIT:    
    6.95%, 08/01/2007       8,255,000     8,605,838  
    7.00%, 04/01/2014       1,400,000     1,421,000  
Thornburg Mortgage, Inc., REIT, 8.00%, 05/15/2013       7,825,000     8,333,625  

        40,961,900


HEALTH CARE 10.5%
   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 2.0%
   
Norcross Safety Products LLC, Ser. B, 9.875%, 08/15/2011       2,750,000     3,066,250  
NSP Holdings LLC, 11.75%, 01/01/2012 144A       1,915,000     2,001,175  
Universal Hospital Services, Inc., 10.125%, 11/01/2011       14,715,000     15,303,600  

        20,371,025

Health Care Providers & Services 8.3%    
Carriage Services, Inc., 7.875%, 01/15/2015 144A       1,610,000     1,668,363  
Coventry Health Care, Inc., 6.125%, 01/15/2015 144A       2,000,000     2,040,000  
Extendicare Health Services, Inc., 9.50%, 07/01/2010       13,000,000     14,495,000  
HCA, Inc., 6.375%, 01/15/2015 þ       3,050,000     3,083,181  
IASIS Healthcare Corp., 8.75%, 06/15/2014       5,100,000     5,520,750  
Select Medical Corp., 9.50%, 06/15/2009       9,499,000     10,152,056  
Service Corporation International, 6.75%, 04/01/2016 þ       7,475,000     7,512,375  
Stewart Enterprises, Inc., 10.75%, 07/01/2008       6,000,000     6,510,000  
Team Health, Inc., 9.00%, 04/01/2012 þ       8,675,000     8,588,250  
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 9.875%, 07/01/2014 144A       14,230,000     14,834,775  
Triad Hospital, Inc., 7.00%, 05/15/2012       11,000,000     11,563,750  

        85,968,500

Pharmaceuticals 0.2%    
Alpharma, Inc., 8.625%, 05/01/2011 144A       2,425,000     2,528,062  


INDUSTRIALS 11.4%
   

Aerospace & Defense 0.6%
   
Argo Tech Corp., 9.25%, 06/01/2011       1,640,000     1,804,000  
Moog, Inc., 6.25%, 01/15/2015       4,614,000     4,694,745  

        6,498,745


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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)
  Principal
Amount
Value


CORPORATE BONDS continued
           

INDUSTRIALS continued
   

Commercial Services & Supplies 7.4%
   
American Color Graphics, Inc., 10.00%, 06/15/2010     $ 7,250,000   $ 6,216,875  
Cenveo Corp., 7.875%, 12/01/2013 þ       8,075,000     7,106,000  
Clean Harbors, Inc., 11.25%, 07/15/2012 144A       7,950,000     9,023,250  
Crown Cork & Seal, Inc., 8.00%, 04/15/2023       17,000,000     16,702,500  
Geo Group, Inc., 8.25%, 07/15/2013       4,875,000     5,210,156  
Hines Nurseries, Inc., 10.25%, 10/01/2011        2,618,000     2,873,255  
JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc., Sr. Disc. Note, Step Bond, 0.00% 05/15/2013 † þ       3,000,000     2,617,500  
TriMas Corp., 9.875%, 06/15/2012       11,025,000     11,521,125  
United Rentals North America, Inc., 7.75%, 11/15/2013 þ       15,000,000     14,662,500  

        75,933,161

Machinery 3.4%    
Case New Holland, Inc., 9.25%, 08/01/2011 144A       13,000,000     14,267,499  
Douglas Dynamics LLC, 7.75%, 01/15/2012 144A       5,385,000     5,452,313  
Dresser Rand Group, Inc., 7.375%, 11/01/2014 144A       6,375,000     6,550,313  
Terex Corp., 7.375%, 01/15/2014       8,750,000     9,231,250  

        35,501,375


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 3.6%
   

Communications Equipment 1.5%
   
Lucent Technologies, Inc., 6.45%, 03/15/2029 þ       16,750,000     15,033,125  

Internet Software & Services 1.5%    
UGS Corp., 10.00%, 06/01/2012 144A þ       14,060,000     15,747,200  

IT Services 0.6%    
Stratus Technologies, Inc., 10.375%, 12/01/2008       5,000,000     4,775,000  
Unisys Corp., 6.875%, 03/15/2010 þ       1,500,000     1,552,500  

        6,327,500


MATERIALS 25.3%
   

Chemicals 10.0%
   
Arco Chemical Co., 9.80%, 02/01/2020 þ       4,050,000     4,596,750  
Equistar Chemicals LP, 10.625%, 05/01/2011       14,000,000     16,170,000  
Ethyl Corp., 8.875%, 05/01/2010       12,000,000     13,260,000  
Huntsman Advanced Materials LLC, 11.00%, 07/15/2010 144A       6,500,000     7,670,000  
Huntsman International LLC:    
    9.875%, 03/01/2009       7,000,000     7,665,000  
    11.50%, 07/15/2012 144A       12,250,000     14,577,500  
Lyondell Chemical Co.:    
    9.50%, 12/15/2008       7,500,000     8,137,500  
    10.50%, 06/01/2013 þ       6,500,000     7,702,500  
Millenium America, Inc.:    
    7.625%, 11/15/2026 þ       5,000,000     4,937,500  
    9.25%, 06/15/2008 þ       4,000,000     4,460,000  
OM Group, Inc., 9.25%, 12/15/2011       3,500,000     3,745,000  
Terra Capital, Inc., 11.50%, 06/01/2010       4,550,000     5,164,250  
United Industries Corp., 9.875%, 04/01/2009       5,000,000     5,256,250  

        103,342,250

Containers & Packaging 6.6%    
Graham Packaging Co., 9.875%, 10/15/2014 144A       3,715,000     3,910,037  
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 9.50%, 08/15/2013 þ       15,000,000     16,800,000  
Jefferson Smurfit Corp., 7.50%, 06/01/2013 þ       15,000,000     15,562,500  
Owens-Brockway Glass Containers, Inc.:    
    8.25%, 05/15/2013       10,525,000     11,498,563  
    8.75%, 11/15/2012       12,150,000     13,577,625  
Stone Container Corp., 9.75%, 02/01/2011 þ       6,500,000     7,133,750  

        68,482,475


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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)
  Principal
Amount
Value


CORPORATE BONDS continued
           

MATERIALS continued
   

Metals & Mining 6.0%
   
Alaska Steel Corp., 7.75%, 06/15/2012 þ     $ 7,400,000   $ 7,640,500  
Foundation Pennsylvania Coal Co., 7.25%, 08/01/2014 144A       8,800,000     9,262,000  
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.:    
    6.875%, 02/01/2014       4,750,000     4,773,750  
    10.125%, 02/01/2010 þ       6,450,000     7,320,750  
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., 10.00%, 07/15/2009 þ       10,500,000     11,707,500  
Peabody Energy Corp.:    
    5.875%, 04/15/2016 þ       5,175,000     5,175,000  
    6.875%, 03/15/2013 þ       2,720,000     2,924,000  
U.S. Steel LLC, 10.75%, 08/01/2008       10,827,000     12,857,063  

        61,660,563

Paper & Forest Products 2.7%    
Amscan Holdings, Inc., 8.75%, 05/01/2014       7,450,000     7,450,000  
Boise Cascade LLC, 7.125%, 10/15/2014 144A       1,800,000     1,894,500  
Georgia Pacific Corp.:    
    8.00%, 01/15/2024 þ       4,170,000     4,910,175  
    8.125%, 05/15/2011       12,000,000     13,860,000  

        28,114,675


TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 7.5%
   

Diversified Telecommunication Services 4.6%
   
Consolidated Communications, Inc., 9.75%, 04/01/2012 144A        12,000,000     13,020,000  
FairPoint Communications, Inc.:    
    11.875%, 03/01/2010       3,000,000     3,525,000  
    12.50%, 05/01/2010 þ       11,000,000     11,935,000  
Insight Midwest LP, 9.75%, 10/01/2009       8,000,000     8,440,000  
Level 3 Communications, Inc., 9.125%, 05/01/2008 þ       3,640,000     2,912,000  
Qwest Corp., 7.875%, 09/01/2011 144A       7,300,000     7,847,500  

        47,679,500

Wireless Telecommunication Services 2.9%    
Centennial Communications Corp., 10.125%, 06/15/2013       10,000,000     11,375,000  
Nextel Communications, Inc., 7.375%, 08/01/2015 þ       15,000,000     16,612,500  
Rural Cellular Co., 8.25%, 03/15/2012       1,420,000     1,526,500  

        29,514,000


UTILITIES 2.5%
   

Multi-Utilities & Unregulated Power 2.5%
   
AES Corp., 9.50%, 06/01/2009       6,840,000     7,695,000  
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.00%, 12/15/2013 144A       5,000,000     5,412,500  
Reliant Resources, Inc.:    
    6.75%, 12/15/2014       8,150,000     7,987,000  
    9.25%, 07/15/2010 þ       4,000,000     4,470,000  

        25,564,500

                Total Corporate Bonds (cost $1,305,367,031)             1,359,991,112  


YANKEE OBLIGATIONS-CORPORATE 9.1%
   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 1.1%
   

Media 1.1%
   
IMAX Corp., 9.625%, 12/01/2010 þ       9,950,000     10,820,625  


FINANCIALS 1.7%
   

Diversified Financial Services 1.7%
   
Northern Telecom Capital Corp., 7.875%, 06/15/2026       9,000,000     8,932,500  
Ship Finance International, Ltd., 8.50%, 12/15/2013       8,640,000     8,856,000  

        17,788,500


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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)
  Principal
Amount
Value


YANKEE OBLIGATIONS-CORPORATE continued
           

HEALTH CARE 1.8%
   

Pharmaceuticals 1.8%
   
Elan Corp. plc, 7.75%, 11/15/2011 144A     $ 3,525,000   $ 3,701,250  
Jean Coutu Group, Inc., 8.50%, 08/01/2014 144A þ       14,750,000     14,786,875  

        18,488,125


INDUSTRIALS 0.7%
   

Marine 0.3%
   
CP Ships, Ltd., 10.375%, 07/15/2012       2,400,000     2,796,000  

Transportation Infrastructure 0.4%    
Sea Containers, Ltd., 10.50%, 05/15/2012       3,715,000     3,910,037  


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1.1%
   

Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.8%
   
Celestica, Inc., 7.875%, 07/01/2011 þ       7,805,000     8,175,737  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.3%    
Magnachip Semiconductor SA:    
    5.78%, 12/15/2011 144A       1,750,000     1,813,438  
    6.875%, 12/15/2011 144A       1,750,000     1,811,250  

        3,624,688


MATERIALS 1.9%
   

Containers & Packaging 0.1%
   
Stone Container Finance Co., 7.375%, 07/15/2014       1,625,000     1,681,875  

Metals & Mining 1.6%    
Gerdau Ameristeel Corp., 10.375%, 07/15/2011       1,231,000     1,427,960  
Novelis, Inc., 7.25%, 02/15/2015 144A       14,750,000     15,192,500  

        16,620,460

Paper & Forest Products 0.2%    
Millar Western Forest Products, Ltd., 7.75%, 11/15/2013       1,645,000     1,727,250  


TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 0.8%
   

Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.8%
   
Rogers Wireless, Inc.:    
    6.375%, 03/01/2014 þ       3,485,000     3,528,563  
    7.50%, 03/15/2015 144A       4,350,000     4,687,125  

        8,215,688

                Total Yankee Obligations-Corporate (cost $89,557,525)             93,848,985  


  Shares Value


WARRANTS 0.4%
           

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 0.0%
   

Media 0.0%
   
RCN Corp., Expiring 06/30/2013 * +        2,110,000   $ 0  


TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 0.4%
   

Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.4%
   
American Tower Escrow Corp., Expiring 08/01/2008 *       17,500     4,033,750  

                Total Warrants (cost $1,421,436)             4,033,750  


SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 25.8%
   

MUTUAL FUND SHARES 25.8%
   
Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund ø       13,833,082     13,833,082  
Navigator Prime Portfolio þþ       252,237,828     252,237,828  

                Total Short-Term Investments (cost $266,070,910)             266,070,910  

Total Investments (cost $1,662,416,902) 166.8%             1,723,944,757  
Other Assets and Liabilities and Preferred Shares (66.8%)             (690,437,273 )

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders 100.0%           $ 1,033,507,484  


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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)

þ

All or a portion of these securities are on loan.
144A Security that may be sold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security has been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.
Security which has defaulted on payment of interest and/or principal. The Fund has stopped accruing interest on this security.
 Security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by the Board of Trustees.
Security initially issued in zero coupon form which converts to coupon form at a specified rate and date. An effective interest rate is applied to recognize interest income daily for the bond. This rate is based on total expected interest to be earned over the life of the bond which consists of the aggregate coupon-interest payments and discount at acquisition. The rate shown is the stated rate at the current period end.
+ Security is deemed illiquid and is valued using market quotations when readily available.
* Non-income producing security
ø Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC is the investment advisor to both the Fund and the money market fund.
þþ Represents investment of cash collateral received from securities on loan.


Summary of Abbreviations

REIT

Real Estate Investment Trust

On January 31, 2005, the aggregate cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $1,662,497,265. The gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on securities based on tax cost was $133,623,166 and $72,175,674, respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation of $61,447,492.

At January 31, 2005, the Fund had the following open interest rate swap agreements:

               Expiration                      Notional
                    Amount     
           Counterparty               Cash Flow Paid
   by the Fund   
    Cash Flows Received
   by the fund   
      Unrealized
       Gain       
 
7/02/2006     $150,000,000         Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.            Fixed-1.95%           Floating-2.39%     $2,978,011          
11/27/2006       105,000,000         Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.            Fixed-2.79%           Floating-2.54%       1,352,392          
7/02/2008       100,000,000         JPMorgan Chase & Co.            Fixed-2.737%           Floating-2.39%       3,523,340          
11/26/2008       65,000,000         Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.            Fixed-3.585%           Floating-2.54%       543,698           

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Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

(a) The registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-39(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.

(b) There has been no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.

(a) Separate certifications for the registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as EX-99.CERT.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Evergreen Income Advantage Fund


By:    /s/ Dennis H. Ferro
        ——————————————
        Dennis H. Ferro,
        Principal Executive Officer

Date: March 28, 2005

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


By:   /s/ Dennis H. Ferro
        ——————————————
        Dennis H. Ferro,
        Principal Executive Officer

Date: March 28, 2005


By:   /s/ Carol A. Kosel
        ——————————————
        Carol A. Kosel,
        Principal Financial Officer

Date: March 28, 2005