If you know that your retirement distribution is California-sourced income, you had California withholding on it and you entered the amount from Box 1 on Box 16 in the Federal section for Form 1099-R because Box 16 was left blank on your Form 1099-R, then you should not subtract it from California income.
Some payers routinely don't enter the amount of the distribution in the state section. TurboTax will look for an entry in Box 16 when there are state taxes withheld.
See this thread for another discussion of the issue.
See here for the California FTB guidelines for pensions and annuities.
Contact your payer with any questions about entries on your Form 1099-R; for example, if they entered a smaller amount in Box 16 than in Box 1 but didn't leave it blank.
**Say "Thanks" by clicking the thumb icon in a post
**Mark the post that answers your question by clicking on "Mark as Best Answer"
