How do I file taxes when I worked in two different states?

Live in OH worked in MI W2 does not show any State Income Tax, yet pay stubs show I paid taxes to MI?

• I live in Ohio full time but worked in Michigan from Jan 1, 2011 - Oct 15, 2011. My former Employer has been very uncooperative in this whole situation. He gave me two different W-2's with different amounts in wages from two separate accounts. In which one of the W-2's has a larger amount in wages than the other. My issue here is that the W-2 with the higher amount in wages does not show anything in section 17-State Income Tax. But on the W-2 with the smaller amount in wages it show's a total of: $107.46. About two month's ago I requested for a corrected W-2 from my Employer in which he ignored so I went to the IRS March 5, 2012 and had them send him a letter. The letter stated that he was supposed to re-send my W-2 with corrected information within 10 days. He ignored the 10-day limit and I finally received my W-2 on April 6, 2012, yet he states on there that the information was correct and there were no changes needed to be made on the W-2. I do not have my final pay stub (or any recent at that.) but I do have a couple pay stubs from early in the year. On the pay stubs I do have, it show's the following: 'MI - Withholding: Current: -17.78 YTD Amount: -222.80' (This pay stub is from March 27, 2011, but the 'current amount' is the same on each pay stub). I can only assume that 17.78 x the number of weeks I worked there would be my amount paid in Michigan state tax. It does not show anything for Ohio withholding My first question is: Am I supposed to have something in 'Section 17 - State Income Tax'? Or is my Employer right that it should be $0.00? If this is so, why does the W-2 with the smaller amount in wages show a total of $107.46 under 'Section 17 - State Income Tax'? Secondly: Do I pay Michigan state taxes or Ohio? I understand that I did not pay anything for Ohio state taxes but shouldn't my Michigan state taxes transfer to Ohio since the two states have a reciprocal agreement? Here is another thing that is happening. I tried to file my taxes with an 'estimated amount' but it gets rejected with the following error: "The IRS has found the following problem with your return: 0505 - Employer identification number (Box b) of Form W-2, Employer ID number of Schedule C/C-EZ, Employer ID Number of Schedule F, payer identification number of Form W-2G, payer identification number of Form 1099-R or Company/Trust Identification number of Form 2439 was issued during the current tax year." I checked and made sure that the Employer Identification Number was correct. Does this mean I am not going to be able to file my taxes?? Finally one last comment. I tried filing for unemployment back in March and was denied because I was told the state of Michigan had no records of me ever working in Michigan. I gave them my Employer's identification number's (EID) (he has two for some reason) with one of the EID numbers, the rep on the phone said the account was closed and has not been used since 2008. And with the other EID the rep said the account was created January 1, 2012. I assume this means I was denied because my Employer was not paying into unemployment? And as for the second EID that was created in 2012, I never worked there in 2012 so I do not know how that would be possible? All of this seems shady to me. Should I hire a lawyer and take him to court?

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  WHY are you asking these complex tax questions HERE??? Seriously. How retarded can one person BE? CALL THE FRIKKIN IRS.