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February 22, 2025
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Moved to PA halfway through 2024 and work Remotely based in OH, Reciprocity Wages Question

  • February 22, 2025
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Moved to PA in spring 2024 from Ohio, working remote in PA for a company based in Ohio. My employer has taxed me for Ohio state taxes for the entirety of 2024. I started my Ohio Part-Year Resident return and got to the Reciprocity Wages section. I entered the compensation (gross wage) earned from Ohio while living in PA for 2024 and moved on. Turbotax wants me to correct the IT 1040 form, line 14 which states "Employee compensation earned in Ohio by residents of neighboring states" which I'm figuring is the same thing as what I punched into the field on the 'Reciprocity Wages' page. It's wanting me to enter the field in as $0, which doesn't make sense because the page states "to qualify for this deduction, you must be a resident of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia", which I have been a resident of PA for a majority of 2024. I have marked PA as my state of residence during the Federal return section. This is stopping me from E-filing, and is asking me to file via mail.

 

Am I doing something wrong? Should I actually mark it as $0, even though I have earned compensation in Ohio while living in PA, and have been taxed by my employer for State Income tax while not living in Ohio?

 

Thanks!

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February 25, 2025

If you'd like, we can look at your return and see exactly what you see to  help come to a resolution. The return will be scrubbed and won't include any of your personal details.

 

If you're using TurboTax Online:

Once you're logged in to your account,

- on the left hand panel, click on Tax Tools and then choose Tools

- on the pop up window, select Share my file with Agent

- you'll see a message saying you'll give us a copy of your tax return. Your personal information will be changed so we can't see any private information.

- click okay and you'll get another message with a token

 

If you're using TurboTax Desktop:

  • Click on Online in the top menu of TurboTax Desktop for Windows
  • Select 'Send Tax File to Agent'
  • Write down or send an image of your token number and state then place in this issue.
  • We can then review your exact scenario for a solution

 

Please reply to this message with your token so that we can further assist you. Let us know all the states, if any, that are included on the return.

Employee
February 25, 2025

@mdmiller42 --

 

The portion of your wages that you earned by working remotely from PA was earned in PA, not in OH.

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.