You will enter your total military pay as
earned outside Ohio. Military pay
earned while on active duty and stationed outside of Ohio is exempt from the
Ohio income tax and may be deducted to the extent it is included in federal
adjusted gross income.
You will file an Ohio Resident return:
- As you work through the Ohio state return look for a
screen titled " Here's the income that Ohio handles differently”. Under Military, click Start to the
right of Military stationed outside of Ohio.
- On the next screen, answer Yes to Were You in the Military, National Guard, or Reserves?
-
Answer Yes to Do
you qualify for the income deduction? on the Income Deduction for Being Stationed Outside Ohio.
- On the screen titled Enter
Your Military Pay, enter your active duty wages
from your W-2 (Box 1) into the box to the right of Pay received while stationed outside Ohio. (see screen shot)
This should exempt
your military pay from Ohio.
