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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 one of its series, Evergreen Income Advantage Fund, for the quarter ended January 31, 2006. This one series has an April 30 fiscal year end.

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2006
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Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND             
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS             

January 31, 2006 (unaudited)             
Principal
Amount
     Value 

CORPORATE BONDS   138.6%             
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY   43.3%             
Auto Components   3.1%             
Accuride Corp., 8.50%, 02/01/2015    $   7,250,000    $   7,250,000 
Tenneco Automotive, Inc., 8.625%, 11/15/2014 þ      14,350,000      14,493,500 
TRW Automotive, Inc., 11.00%, 02/15/2013 þ      7,000,000      7,980,000 

            29,723,500 

Diversified Consumer Services   1.6%             
Carriage Services, Inc., 7.875%, 01/15/2015      3,600,000      3,676,500 
Service Corporation International:             
   6.75%, 04/01/2016      7,475,000      7,428,281 
   7.00%, 06/15/2017 144A      3,700,000      3,774,000 

            14,878,781 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   9.3%             
Ameristar Casinos, Inc., 10.75%, 02/15/2009      10,000,000      10,537,500 
Equinox Holdings, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/2009 þ      10,930,000      11,695,100 
Friendly Ice Cream Corp., 8.375%, 06/15/2012 þ      3,325,000      3,017,438 
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 12.00%, 11/15/2010 þ      7,000,000      6,877,500 
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 7.00%, 03/01/2014 þ      7,500,000      7,396,875 
Mandalay Resort Group, Ser. B, 10.25%, 08/01/2007      10,000,000      10,700,000 
MGM MIRAGE, Inc., 9.75%, 06/01/2007      13,000,000      13,715,000 
Seneca Gaming Corp., Ser. B, 7.25%, 05/01/2012 144A      3,500,000      3,561,250 
Town Sports International, Inc., 9.625%, 04/15/2011      6,325,000      6,657,062 
Universal City Development Partners, Ltd., 11.75%, 04/01/2010 þ      12,750,000      14,248,125 

            88,405,850 

Household Durables 2.7%             
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 7.75%, 05/15/2013 þ      7,000,000      7,087,500 
Jarden Corp., 9.75%, 05/01/2012      6,475,000      6,507,375 
Standard Pacific Corp., 9.25%, 04/15/2012 þ      7,000,000      7,315,000 
Technical Olympic USA, Inc., 10.375%, 07/01/2012      4,800,000      4,884,000 

            25,793,875 

Media   16.7%             
AMC Entertainment, Inc.:             
   9.875%, 02/01/2012 þ      5,000,000      4,775,000 
   Ser. B, 8.625%, 08/15/2012 þ      11,430,000      11,887,200 
Cablevision Systems Corp., Ser. B, 8.00%, 04/15/2012 þ      10,510,000      10,063,325 
CCO Holdings, LLC, 8.75%, 11/15/2013      7,500,000      7,237,500 
Cinemark USA, Inc., 9.00%, 02/01/2013      12,000,000      12,735,000 
Dex Media East, LLC:             
   9.875%, 11/15/2009      11,500,000      12,477,500 
   12.125%, 11/15/2012 þ      7,000,000      8,137,500 
Emmis Communications Corp., FRN, 10.37%, 06/15/2012 þ      1,422,857      1,431,750 
Houghton Mifflin Co., 8.25%, 02/01/2011      14,125,000      14,760,625 
Mediacom Communications Corp., 9.50%, 01/15/2013 þ      21,250,000      21,196,875 
Paxson Communications Corp., FRN, 10.78%, 01/15/2013 144A      9,000,000      8,685,000 
R.H. Donnelley Corp., 10.875%, 12/15/2012      12,000,000      13,560,000 
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., 8.00%, 03/15/2012      12,500,000      12,718,750 
Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc., 9.625%, 08/01/2013 þ      11,200,000      11,060,000 
Visant Corp., 7.625%, 10/01/2012      7,465,000      7,483,662 

            158,209,687 

Multi-line Retail   1.5%             
Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.:             
   9.00%, 10/15/2015 144A þ      7,000,000      7,297,500 
   10.375%, 10/15/2015 144A      7,000,000      7,253,750 

            14,551,250 


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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND             
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued             

January 31, 2006 (unaudited)             
      Principal
Amount
                 Value 

CORPORATE BONDS   continued             
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY   continued             
Specialty Retail   4.9%             
American Achievement Corp., 8.25%, 04/01/2012    $   6,155,000    $   6,331,956 
Central Garden & Pet Co., 9.125%, 02/01/2013      7,000,000      7,385,000 
FTD, Inc., 7.75%, 02/15/2014      7,359,000      7,377,398 
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., 10.75%, 11/01/2011      10,000,000      10,787,500 
United Auto Group, Inc., 9.625%, 03/15/2012      13,500,000      14,411,250 

            46,293,104 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods   3.5%             
Levi Strauss & Co.:             
   9.75%, 01/15/2015      7,025,000      7,437,719 
   12.25%, 12/15/2012      6,500,000      7,410,000 
Norcross Safety Products, LLC, Ser. B, 9.875%, 08/15/2011      2,750,000      2,866,875 
Oxford Industries, Inc., 8.875%, 06/01/2011      12,000,000      12,345,000 
Warnaco Group, Inc., 8.875%, 06/15/2013      3,200,000      3,440,000 

            33,499,594 

CONSUMER STAPLES   6.2%             
Food & Staples Retailing   2.3%             
Ingles Markets, Inc., 8.875%, 12/01/2011 þ      7,000,000        7,385,000 
Rite Aid Corp., 12.50%, 09/15/2006      13,675,000      14,290,375 

            21,675,375 

Food Products   2.9%             
Chiquita Brands International, Inc., 8.875%, 12/01/2015 þ      14,000,000      13,055,000 
Del Monte Foods Co.:             
   6.75%, 02/15/2015      1,600,000      1,596,000 
   8.625%, 12/15/2012      9,220,000      9,819,300 
Michael Foods, Inc., 8.00%, 11/15/2013      3,400,000      3,510,500 

            27,980,800 

Personal Products   1.0%             
Playtex Products, Inc., 8.00%, 03/01/2011      9,000,000      9,686,250 

ENERGY   15.3%             
Energy Equipment & Services 4.4%             
Dresser, Inc., 9.375%, 04/15/2011      14,000,000      14,805,000 
GulfMark Offshore, Inc., 7.75%, 07/15/2014 þ      4,100,000      4,305,000 
Hanover Compressor Co., 8.75%, 09/01/2011      7,000,000      7,411,250 
Parker Drilling Co., 9.625%, 10/01/2013 þ      11,955,000      13,479,263 
SESI, LLC, 8.875%, 05/15/2011      2,000,000      2,105,000 

            42,105,513 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   10.9%             
ANR Pipeline Co., 8.875%, 03/15/2010      2,735,000      2,939,466 
Chesapeake Energy Corp.:             
   6.875%, 01/15/2016 þ      6,860,000      7,031,500 
   7.50%, 09/15/2013      7,000,000      7,463,750 
   7.75%, 01/15/2015 þ      10,000,000      10,675,000 
El Paso Corp., 7.875%, 06/15/2012      7,000,000      7,437,500 
El Paso Production Holding Co., 7.75%, 06/01/2013      10,500,000      11,156,250 
Exco Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 01/15/2011      2,245,000      2,289,900 
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., 8.25%, 03/15/2013      12,050,000      12,953,750 
Plains Exploration & Production Co., 8.75%, 07/01/2012      12,999,000      14,071,417 
Premcor Refining Group, Inc., 9.50%, 02/01/2013      6,500,000      7,249,535 
Targa Resources, Inc., 8.50%, 11/01/2013 144A      2,300,000      2,403,500 
Williams Cos.:             
   7.50%, 01/15/2031      6,750,000      7,188,750 
   8.125%, 03/15/2012      9,750,000      10,712,812 

            103,573,130 


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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND              
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued              

January 31, 2006 (unaudited)              
          Principal
Amount
                 Value 

CORPORATE BONDS   continued                
FINANCIALS    6.7%                 
Consumer Finance   3.9 %             
General Motors Acceptance Corp.:              
      5.625%, 05/15/2009 þ     $   8,000,000    $   7,500,976 
      6.125%, 09/15/2006 þ       5,200,000      5,145,608 
Northern Telecom Capital Corp., 7.875%, 06/15/2026 þ       9,000,000      8,865,000 
Terra Capital, Inc., 11.50%, 06/01/2010        8,550,000      9,576,000 
Triad Financial Corp., Ser. B, 11.125%, 05/01/2013       6,500,000      6,435,000 

                37,522,584 

Insurance   1.0%                 
Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., 10.375%, 06/15/2013       8,750,000      9,296,875 

Real Estate   1.8%                 
Crescent Real Estate Equities Co., REIT, 9.25%, 04/15/2009       7,425,000      7,777,688 
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., REIT, 7.00%, 04/01/2014       1,400,000      1,428,000 
Thornburg Mortgage, Inc., REIT, 8.00%, 05/15/2013       7,825,000      7,746,750 

                16,952,438 

HEALTH CARE   5.9%              
Health Care Equipment & Supplies   1.6%              
Universal Hospital Services, Inc., 10.125%, 11/01/2011       14,715,000      15,303,600 

Health Care Providers & Services   4.3%              
Extendicare Health Services, Inc., 9.50%, 07/01/2010        13,000,000      13,861,250 
HCA, Inc., 8.75%, 09/01/2010       12,750,000      14,121,173 
IASIS Healthcare Corp., 8.75%, 06/15/2014       5,100,000      5,246,625 
Select Medical Corp., 7.625%, 02/01/2015       8,150,000      7,294,250 

                40,523,298 

INDUSTRIALS   5.1%              
Commercial Services & Supplies   1.5%              
Allied Waste North America, Inc., 9.25%, 09/01/2012 þ       13,000,000      14,137,500 

Machinery   3.6%                 
Case New Holland, Inc., 9.25%, 08/01/2011       23,250,000      24,993,750 
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., 8.00%, 07/01/2013       3,950,000      4,009,250 
Dresser Rand Group, Inc., 7.375%, 11/01/2014 144A       5,616,000      5,840,640 

                34,843,640 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   6.0%              
Electronic Equipment & Instruments   1.0%              
Da-Lite Screen Co., Inc., 9.50%, 05/15/2011       8,850,000      9,381,000 

IT Services   3.4%                 
Stratus Technologies, Inc., 10.375%, 12/01/2008       5,000,000      5,225,000 
SunGard Data Systems, Inc.:              
      9.125%, 08/15/2013 144A       21,350,000      22,310,750 
      10.25%, 08/15/2015 144A       4,150,000      4,191,500 

                31,727,250 

Software   1.6%                 
UGS Corp., 10.00%, 06/01/2012       14,060,000      15,536,300 

MATERIALS   28.0%                 
Chemicals   9.5%                 
Equistar Chemicals, LP, 10.625%, 05/01/2011       14,000,000      15,470,000 
Ethyl Corp., 8.875%, 05/01/2010       12,000,000      12,660,000 
Huntsman Advanced Materials, LLC, 11.625%, 10/15/2010       7,000,000      8,050,000 
Huntsman International, LLC, 11.50%, 07/15/2012       15,085,000      17,385,462 

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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND             
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued             

January 31, 2006 (unaudited)             
      Principal
Amount
                 Value 

CORPORATE BONDS   continued             
MATERIALS   continued             
Chemicals   continued             
Lyondell Chemical Co.:             
   9.50%, 12/15/2008    $   1,178,000    $   1,241,318 
   10.50%, 06/01/2013 þ      11,565,000      13,097,362 
   11.125%, 07/15/2012 þ      4,435,000      5,000,463 
PQ Corp., 7.50%, 02/15/2013 144A      7,655,000      7,253,112 
Tronox Worldwide, Inc., 9.50%, 12/01/2012 144A      9,750,000      10,213,125 

            90,370,842 

Containers & Packaging   6.2%             
Crown Holdings, Inc., 7.75%, 11/15/2015 144A      12,500,000      13,031,250 
Graham Packaging Co., 9.875%, 10/15/2014 þ      7,250,000      7,213,750 
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 9.50%, 08/15/2013 þ      15,000,000      14,175,000 
Owens-Brockway Glass Containers, Inc.:             
   8.25%, 05/15/2013 þ      10,525,000      11,130,188 
   8.75%, 11/15/2012 þ      12,150,000      13,122,000 

            58,672,188 

Metals & Mining   9.2%             
Alaska Steel Corp., 7.75%, 06/15/2012 þ      11,275,000      11,049,500 
Foundation Pennsylvania Coal Co., 7.25%, 08/01/2014      8,800,000      9,174,000 
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.:             
   6.875%, 02/01/2014 þ      4,750,000      4,839,062 
   10.125%, 02/01/2010 þ      9,000,000      9,900,000 
Indalex Holding Corp., 11.50%, 02/01/2014 144A      16,000,000      15,880,000 
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., 10.00%, 07/15/2009 þ      10,500,000      11,208,750 
United States Steel Corp., 10.75%, 08/01/2008      22,675,000      25,282,625 

            87,333,937 

Paper & Forest Products   3.1%             
Boise Cascade, LLC, 7.125%, 10/15/2014      3,500,000      3,246,250 
Buckeye Technologies, Inc., 8.50%, 10/01/2013      7,500,000      7,575,000 
Georgia Pacific Corp.:             
   8.00%, 01/15/2024      4,170,000      4,086,600 
   8.125%, 05/15/2011      14,000,000      14,315,000 

            29,222,850 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES   13.6%             
Diversified Telecommunication Services 5.0%             
Consolidated Communications, Inc., 9.75%, 04/01/2012      7,800,000      8,326,500 
Insight Midwest, LP:             
   9.75%, 10/01/2009 þ      8,000,000      8,300,000 
   10.50%, 11/01/2010      8,000,000      8,470,000 
Qwest Communications International, Inc.:             
   7.875%, 09/01/2011      7,300,000      7,756,250 
   8.875%, 03/15/2012      13,000,000      14,462,500 

            47,315,250 

Wireless Telecommunication Services   8.6%             
Alamosa Holdings, Inc.:             
   8.50%, 01/31/2012.      3,500,000      3,810,625 
   11.00%, 07/31/2010.      3,400,000      3,825,000 
American Cellular Corp., 10.00%, 08/01/2011      5,500,000      6,008,750 
Centennial Communications Corp.:             
   10.00%, 01/01/2013 144A þ      3,500,000      3,640,000 
   10.125%, 06/15/2013      10,000,000      11,000,000 

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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND                
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued                

January 31, 2006 (unaudited)                   
            Principal
Amount
                 Value 

CORPORATE BONDS   continued                   
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES   continued                   
Wireless Telecommunication Services   continued                   
Dobson Communications Corp.:                   
   8.375%, 11/01/2011        $    3,500,000    $   3,745,000 
   8.875%, 10/01/2013 þ            4,000,000      4,050,000 
Horizon PCS, Inc., 11.375%, 07/15/2012            4,975,000      5,758,562 
Rural Cellular Corp.:                   
   8.25%, 03/15/2012            13,500,000      14,293,125 
   9.75%, 01/15/2010 þ            7,350,000      7,533,750 
Sprint Nextel Corp., Inc., Ser. D, 7.375%, 08/01/2015            10,000,000      10,576,350 
UbiquiTel, Inc., 9.875%, 03/01/2011            3,375,000      3,720,938 
US Unwired, Inc., Ser. B, 10.00%, 06/15/2012            3,325,000      3,782,187 

                  81,744,287 

UTILITIES   8.5%                   
Electric Utilities   3.6%                   
Edison Mission Energy, 10.00%, 08/15/2008            13,000,000      14,202,500 
Reliant Energy, Inc.:                   
   9.25%, 07/15/2010            7,000,000      6,947,500 
   9.50%, 07/15/2013 þ            13,000,000      12,935,000 

                  34,085,000 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders  4.9%                   
AES Corp., 9.00%, 05/15/2015 144A            11,250,000      12,375,000 
Dynegy, Inc., 10.125%, 07/15/2013 144A            13,000,000      14,738,750 
Mirant Corp., 7.375%, 12/31/2013 144A            10,525,000      10,761,813 
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.00%, 12/15/2013             7,788,000      8,722,560 

                  46,598,123 

            Total Corporate Bonds (cost $1,312,757,591)               1,316,943,671 

YANKEE OBLIGATIONS-CORPORATE   7.9%                   
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY   1.1%                   
Media   1.1%                   
IMAX Corp., 9.625%, 12/01/2010            9,950,000      10,223,625 

CONSUMER STAPLES   1.2%                   
Food & Staples Retailing   1.2%                   
The Jean Coutu Group (PJC), Inc., 8.50%, 08/01/2014 þ            11,500,000      11,011,250 

FINANCIALS   0.8%                   
Diversified Financial Services   0.8%                   
Ship Finance International, Ltd., 8.50%, 12/15/2013            8,640,000      8,078,400 

INDUSTRIALS   0.2%                   
Transportation Infrastructure   0.2%                   
Sea Containers, Ltd., 10.50%, 05/15/2012            2,155,000      2,144,225 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   1.4%                   
Electronic Equipment & Instruments   1.4%                   
Celestica, Inc.:                   
   7.625%, 07/01/2013 þ            5,250,000      5,158,125 
   7.875%, 07/01/2011 þ            7,805,000      7,902,562 

                  13,060,687 

MATERIALS   1.8%                   
Metals & Mining   1.5%                   
Novelis, Inc., 7.25%, 02/15/2015 144A            14,750,000      14,012,500 

Paper & Forest Products   0.3%                   
Abitibi-Consolidated, Inc., 8.85%, 08/01/2030 þ            4,125,000      3,547,500 


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EVERGREEN INCOME ADVANTAGE FUND                    
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued                    

January 31, 2006 (unaudited)                                 
                          Principal
Amount
        Value  

YANKEE OBLIGATIONS-CORPORATE   continued                        
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES   1.4 %                       
Wireless Telecommunication Services   1.4%                        
Rogers Wireless, Inc.:                                 
    7.50%, 03/15/2015 þ                    $  4,350,000    $       4,741,500  
    9.625%, 05/01/2011                      7,000,000          8,120,000  

                                    12,861,500  

            Total Yankee Obligations-Corporate (cost $76,350,404)                   74,939,687  

CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES   0.1 %                           
UTILITIES   0.1%                                 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders   0.1 %                   
Calpine Corp., 7.75%, 06/01/2015 þ + • (cost $9,500,000)         9,500,000          1,116,250  


                           Shares          Value  

WARRANTS   0.8%                                 
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES   0.8 %                       
Wireless Telecommunication Services   0.8%                        
American Tower Escrow Corp., Expiring 08/01/2008 *   (cost $1,421,436)         17,500          7,628,317  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS  19.9 %                       
MUTUAL FUND SHARES   19.9%                            
Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund ø             8,190,936          8,190,936  
Navigator Prime Portfolio þþ                      180,584,593          180,584,593  

            Total Short-Term Investments   (cost $188,775,529)                   188,775,529  

Total Investments (cost $1,588,804,960) 167.3%                   1,589,403,454  
Other Assets and Liabilities and Preferred Shares   (67.3 %)                  (639,459,272 ) 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders   100.0 %            $      949,944,182  

 
þ All or a portion of this security is 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, unless otherwise noted.
 Security is valued at fair value as determined by the investment advisor in good faith, according to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
+ Security is deemed illiquid and is valued using market quotations when readily available.
Security which has defaulted on payment of interest and/or principal.
* 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                                 
FRN     Floating Rate Note                                 
REIT     Real Estate Investment Trust                            
 
At January 31, 2006, the Fund had the following open interest rate swap agreements:                    
          Notional         Cash Flows Paid by    Cash Flows Received        Unrealized  
    Expiration      Amount     Counterparty     the Fund    by the Fund           Gain  


    7/02/2006        $150,000,000     Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.     Fixed – 1.95%    Floating-4.39%1        $2,052,860  
    11/26/2006      105,000,000     Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.     Fixed – 2.79%    Floating-4.53%2        1,769,508  
    7/02/2008      100,000,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     Fixed – 2.74%    Floating-4.39%1        5,037,045  
    11/26/2008      65,000,000     Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.     Fixed – 3.59%    Floating-4.53%2        2,125,856  

1 This rate represents the 1 month USD London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) effective for the period of January 3, 2006 through February 2, 2006.
2

This rate represents the 1 month USD London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) effective for the period of January 26, 2006 through February 27, 2006.

On January 31, 2006, the aggregate cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $1,588,950,460. The gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on securities based on tax cost was $30,000,746 and $29,547,752, respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation of $452,994.

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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-3(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-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as EX-99.CERT.

SIGNATURES

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 31, 2006

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 31, 2006

By:  /s/ Kasey Phillips 
       ________________________
       Kasey Phillips 
       Principal Financial Officer

Date: March 31, 2006