AmyC
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Tax help for military filers

MD resident or OH HOR? Here is the difference.

 

Ohio active duty, not taxed in Ohio or MD.

  • Your spouse is MD resident. Spouse pays tax on income to MD. 
  • Spouse OH HOR, then MD income would be exempt.

If you have your spouse marked as a MD resident, the income will be taxable. Please review residency of spouse and what you have marked in the program.

 

In order to qualify to claim HOR for OH, MSRRA: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act | Military  states you must: meet the following conditions:

  • The service member is stationed under military orders in a state that is not his/her resident state.
  • The spouse is in that state solely to live with the service member.
  • Both the service member and spouse have the same resident state.

When those conditions are met, the spouse’s income will be taxed only in the state of legal residency. In your case, you would file a MD nonresident return and an OH resident return.

 

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