When you enter a W-2 in TurboTax, if you indicate where prompted that some of all of the wages represent paid family leave, the entire amount of the wages from that W-2 will appear in the box in the Paid Family Leave screen in the California return. The instructions on that screen ask you to make any necessary adjustments.
The screen also instructs, “Don’t include PFL income reported on a 1099-G. This will automatically be deducted from your California income.”
If you got a W-2 from an insurance company for PFL, then you do subtract it from California wages. If, however, your employer just paid regular wages in your W-2, then you don't subtract it from California wages and you should remove it from the amount in the California PFL screen.
Any PFL reported on a Form 1099-G will automatically be deducted from your California income. Don't deduct it separately on the screen where you deduct PFL from an insurance company or you will get a double deduction. Also, don't deduct regular W-2 wages as PFL.
See this California EDD webpage and this TurboTax help article for more information.
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