Hal_Al
Level 15

State tax filing

It's not clear if  you're filling out an Ohio return or a WV return.   WV will not give you a credit for tax paid to or withheld by OH.  

 

Ohio has a reciprocal agreement, on wages, with all neighboring states. No Ohio state taxes are withheld or due and you do not need to file an OH return. But your home state will tax you on your Ohio income.

Only If Ohio taxes are mistakenly withheld, would you have to file an Ohio return to get a refund. You should ask your employer to stop withholding so you don't have to file an Ohio return every year.

However the reciprocity agreement does not apply to local city taxes. You are not required to file a local city return, but you are also not entitled to a refund of the city withholding (box19 on your W-2), unless there was an error in the amount.

 

If you're filing an OH return to get a refund; all of your income is to be allocated to non-Ohio. Since some of your W-2 income has been allocated to OH, you need to re-enter that amount in the box titled “Compensation Earned  in Ohio”. That box is specifically for the wage/salary income of full year residents of reciprocal (neighboring) states.