Any military members out there - check carefully before you use TaxCut - they have a serious error in the program for Ohio residents and it makes me wonder what else is wrong.
DH is an OH resident, active duty, stationed in CO all year. According to OH rules (new for 2007+) he doesn't have to pay state tax on his military income. I saw this in their booklet and called to confirm I was reading it right. Which is fantastic news - we're entitled to a refund of all the OH tax that was witheld for the year!
Well, I only found that out because I was looking through the OH tax booklet for something else - TaxCut specifically says on the opening pages for OH that military members have to pay taxes on all their income, even if they weren't in the state. Essentially, they somehow missed the rule change. I called them and walked through the program with a tech who tried hard but couldn't find a way to make the program work right. And his response was, "well, I guess we'll have to make a note of that for next year." What about everyone who's going to overpay THIS year?!
I was using TaxCut because we get free access through Military OneSource, and I called them to complain, called H&R Block to complain, and have one more number to call.
Needless to say, check carefully if you're using this program!
DH is an OH resident, active duty, stationed in CO all year. According to OH rules (new for 2007+) he doesn't have to pay state tax on his military income. I saw this in their booklet and called to confirm I was reading it right. Which is fantastic news - we're entitled to a refund of all the OH tax that was witheld for the year!
Well, I only found that out because I was looking through the OH tax booklet for something else - TaxCut specifically says on the opening pages for OH that military members have to pay taxes on all their income, even if they weren't in the state. Essentially, they somehow missed the rule change. I called them and walked through the program with a tech who tried hard but couldn't find a way to make the program work right. And his response was, "well, I guess we'll have to make a note of that for next year." What about everyone who's going to overpay THIS year?!
I was using TaxCut because we get free access through Military OneSource, and I called them to complain, called H&R Block to complain, and have one more number to call.
Needless to say, check carefully if you're using this program!