Thanks a lot for your response. I filed last night but did pretty much everything you suggested; left 16 and 17 blank, and said no to the ohio state return. I know they're reciprocity states i just don't know why it prompts me to do the return every year and i pay for 2 extra state filings for no reason...
I was actually doing it again this year just because i always had, but it kept prompting me to enter number values on a digital longform tax form without any guidance as to where i was supposed to get those numbers from...
Asked a couple friends in similar situations and they said they don't have to do an ohio one. They go through a cpa though. Not sure why TT doesn't recognize my situation and stop prompting me to do them every year.
Anyway its done now! Thanks again.
