State tax filing

The amount of $5000 should appear in the box. You will need to amend your Ca return to correct it. I notice there is a check mark confirming your PPL amount.  You may need to go back and uncheck that box and then put in the right amount, if the program will allow you to. Also check your original 1099G entry in your federal program for the amount recorded for Paid Family Leave. 

I do not know how the mistake could have happened unless you made additional entries in your state return. If this happened,  it was not needed because the information will flow from the federal return without you needing to make additional entries. Now to amend.

To amend your return using Turbo Tax Online.

1. Log into Turbo Tax
2. Select Scroll down Your tax returns & documents in your landing page.
3. Select Amend (change) 2023 return. 

To amend using the Desktop Software, go to:
 

1. Federal Taxes
2. Other Tax Situations>other tax forms
3. Amend a return

You will need to wait until your California return has been accepted before you amend. Also when you begin the amendment process, remove the check mark underneath PFL in your CA Adjustment worksheets, check the original entry in your federal return, and check to see if you made extraneous entries in your Ca state return. If the error persists, you may need to delete your California State Return and then restart again, especially if your 1099 G in your federal return is correct.

After completing the steps and the correct amount appears in your Schedule CA, you may file your amendment.  When you file, make sure you indicate that you wish to mail your federal return but wish to efile your Ca State Return. Your issue is not with the IRS but with the State of Ca, unless your original entry in your federal return was incorrect regarding the 1099 G entry.  Make sense?

Reach back to us if you have any additional issues but as I mention above, you will need to wait until your Ca return is accepted before amending.