Ohio Retirement Tax Friendliness. Social Security retirement benefits are fully exempt from state income taxes in Ohio. Any income from retirement accounts (like a 401(k) or an IRA) or pensions is taxed as regular income (but there are credits available).
Social security benefits, if taxable on the federal return, are deducted on Ohio schedule A. This happens automatically, in TurboTax, and you do not need to do anything.
Take care to enter it in the Federal Taxes according to these instructions:
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