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My employer was is based in Ohio. I had Ohio taxes withheld. I live and work in Missouri.

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June 1, 2019
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Since I never worked in Ohio, shouldn't all of the money be refunded? I have to pay in my home state of MO

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Best answer by Hal_Al

Yes. You do not have any "Ohio source" income.

Ohio does a convoluted tax calculation for non-residents/part year residents. It calculates tax on total income, then it calculates a non resident/part year resident credit, which it subtracts from the tax it calculated on the total income. The credit is calculated as your non-Ohio income divided by Total adjusted Income multiplied by the total tax. TurboTax (TT) does this by allocating your income as either Ohio or non-Ohio. W-2 income will be allocated by the state name abbreviation shown in box 15 of your W-2. TT will ask you, item by item, in the state section, how much of your other income is Ohio or non-Ohio income. Make sure that your non-Ohio wages show MO(Other state) in box 15 of your W-2 screen, with the MO amount in box 16.

Be advised that you will probably have to use a work around to get TT to prepare the return to get you your refund. At the w-2 screen split the boxes 15-20 W-2 info into 2 lines. On the 1st line leave OH in box 15 but make box 16 blank; leave the OH withholding in box 17. On the 2nd line put your home state abbreviation in box 15 and the state wages amount in box 16; leave box 17 blank..

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Yes. You do not have any "Ohio source" income.

Ohio does a convoluted tax calculation for non-residents/part year residents. It calculates tax on total income, then it calculates a non resident/part year resident credit, which it subtracts from the tax it calculated on the total income. The credit is calculated as your non-Ohio income divided by Total adjusted Income multiplied by the total tax. TurboTax (TT) does this by allocating your income as either Ohio or non-Ohio. W-2 income will be allocated by the state name abbreviation shown in box 15 of your W-2. TT will ask you, item by item, in the state section, how much of your other income is Ohio or non-Ohio income. Make sure that your non-Ohio wages show MO(Other state) in box 15 of your W-2 screen, with the MO amount in box 16.

Be advised that you will probably have to use a work around to get TT to prepare the return to get you your refund. At the w-2 screen split the boxes 15-20 W-2 info into 2 lines. On the 1st line leave OH in box 15 but make box 16 blank; leave the OH withholding in box 17. On the 2nd line put your home state abbreviation in box 15 and the state wages amount in box 16; leave box 17 blank..