Ohio Schedule of Credits Line 28 Calculation Problem

[AnnaMarie2]

I am looking @ the Ohio Schedule of Credits generated by TurboTax.  In this schedule line 28, there is a very straight forward calculation:

Divide line 26 by line 27 and enter the result here.

For Example:

LIne 26                    100,000

Line 27                      25,000

Line 28                               4                  this is the answer I get

Line 28                               1                  this is the answer TurboTax calculates (seems incorrect to me).

Question: has anyone else seen a similar result ????

[MaryM428]

Please send us a diagnostic copy of your tax return so we can investigate why you are getting the incorrect number on Line 28 of the Ohio Schedule of Credits.

From the desktop version,

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This will create a copy of your tax return with all of your personal information removed.  We can then use that file to diagnose the problem with your form.

Post the six digit code here and we will diagnose the file and get back to you with a solution.

[AnnaMarie2]

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[Hal_Al]

line 26 is always smaller than (or equal to) line 27.

Note that there is an unnumbered line between lines 27 and 28.  There you put the result of line 26 divided by line 27, a decimal (fraction/factor), less than or equal to 1.

Line 28 is that fraction multiplied by line 25.  That is your non resident tax credit. 

I tested it in desktop Deluxe, it's working correctly.

Ohio does a convoluted tax calculation for non-residents/part year residents. It calculates tax on total income, then it calculates a non resident/part year resident credit, which it subtracts from the tax it calculated on the total income. The credit is calculated as your non-Ohio income divided by Total adjusted Income multiplied by the total tax. TurboTax (TT)   does this by allocating your income as either Ohio or non-Ohio. W-2 income will be allocated by the state name abbreviation shown in box 15 of your W-2. TT will ask you, item by item, in the state section, how much of your other income is Ohio or non-Ohio income.

[MaryM428]

 We've reviewed the diagnostic file and the credit appears to be working consistent with Ohio law for the nonresident credit, (although the form is worded oddly.) 

Champ Hal_al explains how the Ohio non-resident tax credit is calculated.  

@AnnaMarie2 

@Hal_Al