Q. However, when I got my w2 for 2022, it reported my local income as if I worked part time at the office and full time at home, so that my total local income was 150% of my actual income, and now I am being forced to pay 150% local taxes.
A. No. That's not what's happening.
Your W-2 is neither right nor wrong, it was just the easy way for your employer to do it.
You have to pay N. Canton tax on all your wages, because you are a resident. You only pay Akron tax for days you worked there. Your employer, most likely, withheld to correct amount for Akron and you do not need to file an Akron return.
You file a N. Canton return, reporting all you wage income and then N. Canton gives you a partial credit (1.5% of the 2.5% Akron charges) for the tax paid to Akron. You will probably get a refund from N. Canton. You could ask your employer to withhold less N. Canton tax, but their answer probably is that's too complicated.
