Thanks so much for your reply.
Just want to make sure that I understood your answer correctly by using some numbers. Let's say, my federal credit was $5000 and my CA credit was $1000.
I took the federal credit of $5000 and entered on Federal Schedule 3 Part II Line 13b.
On CA 540, Part II, Line 16 (Column B), I enter $5000 (the federal credit I took); and on Form 540 Line 78 (Total Payments), I will write "IRC 1341 $1000" and manually (by overwriting??) deduct $1000 from my total payment amount?
Also, you mentioned enter the federal deduction on Schedule CA (540) Part I, Section B, Lline 16 (Column B), I assume you mean Part II Line 16 (Column B)?
I am still quite confused! Please help!! Thanks so much!
