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You are filing with both states, one as a resident and the other as a nonresident.  Prepare your nonresident state first. There will not be double tax however review the details below to understand how it works for your situation.    Rhode Island (RI) and Massachusetts (MA) do not have a reciprocal tax agreement. As a result, if you live in one state and work in the other, you are generally required to file tax returns in both states, though you can usually claim a credit in your home state for taxes paid to the other.   State Returns - Your resident state requires you to include all worldwide income. Assume both states require income tax returns to be filed:  Report the income on each state return that is from the nonresident state Report it on your resident state and receive credit for taxes paid to another state. Credit for taxes paid to another state is allowed by a resident state when the same income is being taxed to another state.  Your resident state does not want you to pay tax twice on the same income. The credit that is allowed will be the lesser of: the tax liability actually charged by the nonresident state, OR the tax liability that would have been charged by your resident state In most cases complete your nonresident state first.

Is Ohio the only state involved with your Federal income tax return?  Or are there other states?  Please clarify.   If Ohio is the only state involved with your Federal income tax return, and a value is required to proceed, enter the value of box 2a into box 16.   @Graybeard76 

This should happen automatically based on your withholdings on the tax return, however you can enter the information.   Withholdings are considered as paid evenly throughout the tax year regardless of when they were actually paid.  Take your total withholding for the year, then divide by 12 x 3 = Q1 // x5 = Q2 // x 8 =Q3 // x12 = Q4 .  

@user17745382418  I agree that in your case you must use itemized deduction ( not a resident for a whole calendar year ), but the "additional senior " deduction is not limited to  standard deduction -- itemized deduction users are also  eligible ( see my post above).  However, I have not been able to find the exact wording of the statute  ( searching the whole  OBBBA is too much effort ) and so am depending on IRS' articulation ref'd above.  I have not tried this in forms mode --- perhaps it will work-- will try.

You can have TurboTax prepare estimated tax vouchers for 2026.    If you want TurboTax to prepare quarterly estimates and vouchers, go back to the Estimated Taxes section in Other Tax Forms under Other Tax Situations.    At the first screen, Adjust How Much Tax You Pay, choose Estimates rather than W-4 as a basis for the estimate. You can also choose not to let the program use your 2025 wages as a basis to estimate tax for 2026, and enter in the amounts of income you project to receive and deductions you expect to claim. TurboTax will prepare vouchers, but does not automatically print them until you are ready to file.   If you choose, you can also prepare and pay estimated tax vouchers online directly through the IRS website using IRS Direct Pay or your IRS Online Account.   See this tax tips article for more information about estimated taxes.  

TurboTax normally does this when there is an error situation (such as excess contributions to your IRA), and it needs to calculate the excess tax (penalty) on that excess.    For reference, see lines 17 and 25 on form 5329.