Where should I file my taxes? I earned income in two places this past year.?
I worked in Ohio at my college, but I earned money on a couple of small investments that I have at home in Maryland. Do I have to file state returns in both places? I've worked in DC and only filed state returns in Maryland before. And if I do, do I have to report the income earned in Ohio on my Maryland forms, and vice versa? In addition, my income earned in Ohio was also subjected to a locality tax (which is actually higher than the Ohio State tax). Will I get that back?
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- you file in the state that you spent the most time working in and no, you don't report the income form the other state. you report all income on your federal taxes. the rest i am unsure of. but whoa, don't do your taxes here! ask a professional familiar with the laws of your state.
- A lot of questions rolled into one! Easy answers first. The money you earned working in Ohio does not have to be reported on your Maryland return, if you file one. You only filed in Maryland when working in DC because the two have a reciprocal tax agreement that allows you to do so. The locality tax is a city tax when you live or work in certain cities, it is a city tax that you will file a tax return for there too. If your Maryland investment is something like rental property, you would file income tax in MD for that income. If it is interest income, I think you would file it based on where you lived the majority of the year, but that is one I'm not sure of. If you didn't live in either state the entire year, you would fill out a partial year resident return if the state has that.
- You file in each state where you have earned income in addition to your state of residence.
