Instructions For Filing: Personal & School District Income Tax - Department Of Taxation State Of Ohio - 2014 Page 13

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2014 Ohio Forms IT 1040EZ / IT 1040 / Instructions
Completing the Top Portion of Ohio Forms IT 1040EZ and IT 1040
Resident. Mark this box if you were a
How To Complete Your Income Tax
such a marriage in another jurisdiction
resident of Ohio all year. If you were away
shall not use the fi ling status of “married
Return
temporarily, you were a full-year resident
fi ling jointly” or “married fi ling separately”
of Ohio. Mark this box if you qualify as
when fi ling form Ohio IT 1040. These
Ohio forms IT 1040EZ and IT 1040 have
"resident military personnel stationed
individuals must fi le an Ohio return re-
been designed for electronic scanning,
outside Ohio" and you are taking the line
fl ecting the fi ling status of single or head
which allows for faster processing with fewer
39a deduction.
of household.
errors. In order to avoid unnecessary delays
caused by manual processing, taxpayers
Part-year Resident. Mark this box if you
For more information, go to tax.ohio.gov
should use the following guidelines:
permanently moved into or out of Ohio
for Schedule IT S with instructions and the
1. Use black ink ONLY.
during 2014, not counting being away
Individual Income Tax Release IT 2013-01
2. Use this form ONLY for the taxable year
temporarily. Part-year residents should
entitled "Filing Guidelines for Taxpayers
2014.
use the nonresident/part-year resi-
Filing a Joint Federal Income Tax Return
3. Round numbers to the nearest dollar. Do
dent credit in Schedule D for income
with Someone of the Same Gender," issued
not print over the preprinted zeros in the
earned while they were a resident of
Oct. 11, 2013.
boxes on the far right of the return, which
another state (see page 32).
designate cents (.00).
If you and your spouse fi led
4. Print your numbers and letters (UPPER-
Nonresident. Mark this box if you re-
a joint federal income tax
!
CASE only) inside the boxes as shown
sided outside of Ohio all year. Write
return, you must fi le a joint
below:
the two-letter abbreviation of the state
Ohio income tax return. Even
CAUTION
where you resided for 2014 in the space
if you are both Ohio nonresi-
1 2 3
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provided. For more information, see our
dents, if you fi led a joint federal income
information release 2007-08 entitled "Per-
tax return, you must file a joint Ohio
If the boxes don't appear on your return, do
sonal Income Tax: Residency Guidelines,"
income tax return, but you may claim
not hand-draw the boxes.
which is available on our Web site at
the nonresident credit (Schedule D) for
tax.ohio.gov.
income neither earned nor received in
Name(s), Address and Social Security
Ohio. If you and your spouse fi led sepa-
Number(s). Enter your name and address
Nonresidents who earn and receive all
rate federal income tax returns, you must
on page 1 and your Social Security number
income outside of Ohio will not have an
fi le separate Ohio income tax returns.
on pages 1 and 2 (if applicable, pages 3
Ohio tax liability. Nonresidents who earn
and/or 4 of your Ohio form IT 1040) of your
Ohio Political Party Fund
or receive some income within Ohio will be
return (if married fi ling jointly, also enter your
able to claim the nonresident credit with
spouse's name and Social Security number
The Ohio General Assembly established
respect to all items of income not earned
on page 1).
and not received in Ohio.
this fund to support public fi nancing of Ohio
political parties. Monies from this fund can
Ohio School District Number. Every Ohio
Military Personnel. If you are currently a
only be used for administrative costs as-
public school district has an identifi cation
member of the military and you have ques-
sociated with party headquarters and party
number. These numbers are listed on pages
tions about your residency status, see page
fund-raising drives, organization of voter
45-50. Look up the number for the Ohio
12 for a detailed explanation regarding some
registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns
school district in which you were domiciled
of the key issues facing military families dur-
not related to any particular candidate or
for the majority of the year and write it in the
ing the income tax fi ling season.
election.
space provided. Nondomiciliaries should
enter 9999.
Filing Status
If your fi ling status is single, head of house-
hold, qualifying widow(er) or married fi ling
If you were domiciled in a taxing school
Your fi ling status must be the same as your
separately and your tax (line 17 of Ohio
district during 2014, you are required to fi le
federal income tax fi ling status for 2014 with
form IT 1040EZ or line 20 of IT 1040) is $1
Ohio form SD 100. If you are unsure of your
the following two exceptions:
or more, you can choose to have $1 go to
Ohio school district, use The Finder on our
this fund by checking the "Yes" box on the
Web site as described on page 44.
If you marked the box labeled "Qualifying

return. If your fi ling status is married fi ling
widow(er) with dependent child" on your
County
jointly and your tax (line 17 of Ohio form
federal income tax return, then mark the
IT 1040EZ or line 20 of IT 1040) is $2 or
"Single, head of household or qualifying
more, each of you can choose to have $1
If your home address is an Ohio home ad-
widow(er)" box on your Ohio income tax
go to this fund by checking the "Yes" boxes
dress, indicate on page 1 of the return the
return.
on the return. Checking "Yes" will neither
county for that address.
increase the tax due nor reduce the refund
Under Article XV §11 of the Ohio Con-

Ohio Residency Status
shown on your return.
stitution, Ohio does not recognize mar-
riage between persons of the same
If your fi ling status is married fi ling jointly,
gender. Individuals who entered into
each spouse must indicate his/her residency.
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