What does the State of Ohio consider as "Resdincy" when moving into the state (for tax purpose)?

I'm moving back to Ohio from a state withOUT state income tax... not only will i go down in pay b/c of cost of living but I will also have to pay what seems like 20 lines of taxes to the state, city, county, school, your mother and her neighbor... B/c I will be a partial resident when filing next year, what does the State of Ohio consider as residency? If you found info on the state's government website, please link. Thanks!!

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1. The forms have a place to put the exact dates and a formula to prorate for the time you actually lived in Ohio. Income earned in the other state won't be taxed by Ohio, just what you earn in Ohio. The fun part is when you move out of Ohio, and the state forwards tax forms to your out of state address 2 years after you move!
2. Legal residence has two components; (1) physical presence in the state, coupled with (2) an intent to make that location your home. Ohio considers you a legal resident and you'll be required to pay state/local taxes from the date that you move back to Ohio from another state with the intent of making Ohio your new home (and intend to abandon the former state as your home). If you retain a home in the former state and are merely in Ohio temporarily for house/job/school hunting...then you can delay becoming a resident until you establish those connections with Ohio and abandon them in the prior state. i.e., until the move-in date. You won't find this level of detail on the state's website, but it infers as much and the concepts are universal (at least within the U.S.). See: http://tax.ohio.gov/faqs/content/individual_income/qa.asp Good luck!