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I had this problem between Ohio and Kentucky about 10 years ago: I moved from Ohio to Kentucky, and they both considered me living in their state for the entire year.

I gave up trying to fight it after about 5 years (!!) and just paid the $15K to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and moved on with my life.

I now live in Florida -- legally and physically -- and don't have to deal with the headache of this crazy state income tax drama.

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I've left Kentucky twice and in each case when I moved in or out there was no confusion about partial months. Not sure what happened in your case but I can tell you that is not normal. I've only ever paid taxes for the months I resided in the state.

Any advice? Would it perhaps have been better to move at the turn of the year to make the case easier?

What did they make you pay for when you moved from OH to KY?

What happens is that both states want income tax like you lived in the state for the full year.

Ohio didn't care that I moved out of Ohio in March, and Kentucky didn't care that I already paid Ohio.

I was honestly just happy to pay it and get it over with.

Are they so backwards they don't have a simple form to fill out if that is the case? e.g. in my state you file an additional schedule [0] to get exempted from state income tax for the part of the year you were no longer a resident.

[0]https://www.maine.gov/revenue/faq/income_faq.html#faq1040_4

What's backwards about that? It's a genius way for both state governments to squeeze a little more money out of people, while being able to write it off as a "mistake" if anyone complains too loudly. Real backwardness would be giving citizens a way to pay less money.

It may be "genius" for the state revenue service, but it is "backwards" in that it fucks over state residents.

I'm sure they have a simple form to fill out, but it does not prevent the state from coming back and claiming they are owed $X in additional income taxes - prove that you do not.

This 'audit' has been happening in states with lots of mobile high earners (CA and NYS) for awhile. Other states are catching on, and now doing the same.

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