State tax filing

Your California real estate withholding, CA Form 593, does need to be entered on both the state and the federal return. If you ended up with a duplicated form, you can try deleting a form or deleting your entries on this topic and starting over.

Start with your federal return. (Note: If your TurboTax navigation looks different from what’s described here, learn more).

1. Select Federal, then Deductions & Credits.
2. On the next screen, select Find tax breaks and answer any following questions until you reach the Your tax breaks screen.
3. Skip this step if you go directly to Let's check for tax breaks.
4. Find Estimates and Other Taxes Paid, then select Start or Revisit next to Income taxes paid.
5. On the next screen, under Other Income Taxes Paid in 2025, select Start next to Withholding not already entered on a W-2 or 1099.
6. Select Yes on the Do you have any tax withholding you haven't entered yet? screen. Enter your real estate withholding information under State Withholdings and select Done when finished.
7. Now proceed to your California state return, filling out any additional information, until you reach the Take a look at California credits and taxes screen.
8. Find the Real Estate and Other Withholding section and select Revisit. Enter your real estate withholding information again.

The withholding information will show up on your CA state return on Form 540 line 73 for real estate withholding and not on line 71 as income tax withholding.

Please see this updated help article regarding how to enter CA Form 593 real estate withholding.