State tax filing

It's already taken care of in your CA adjusted gross income EXCEPT for exclusion of gain from the sale of qualified small business stock.  There are also other differences, such as

  • sale of certain low-income housing
  • sale of personal residence
  • sale of personal residence (military)
  • regulated investment (RIC) shareholders
  • property inherited before January 1, 1987
  • capital loss carryforwards.

Scroll down till you see the discussion on capital gains in this:

Differences between Federal and CA

These are the instructions for the CA Adjustment form:

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2017/17_540cains.pdf