what a complete waste of all of our time that we, american taxpayers who want to file these complex tax returns correctly, have to struggle through such poorly implemented instructions. I wasted so much time trying to understand what TT was doing when it combined the negative amount in line 27 column B with the positive amount in column C and stuck the total in Form 540 line 16 rather than put it in line 14 .
even though the CA instructions are poorly worded, TT should at least be FIXED so that when you click on 540 line 16, it highlights both values that went into it rather than just taking you to Schedule CA line 27 col C. this would save a lot of confusion
