You make a good point. Keep in mind that is largely a community forum. It might or might not get picked up by a TT employee.
What was the additional withhold from if not from a 1099/W2? Is there anyway to indicate it where you entered the income?
A possible workaround would be to look at each state's tax payment worksheet. Glancing at one of mine reveals that there is area for "additional payments," which seem like it would work in your case. Being able to go directly to the forms, as you are doing, is very helpful for figuring this stuff out. It is a big advantage of using the desktop software.
If that doesn't work for you (or a particular state) or the payment winds up on the wrong line, then you might consider just finding the place for the withholding payments on each state return and overriding it. I would include a statement (click on the plus in forms mode when entering the amount) and clearly indicate what you are doing so the state authority is on notice. That would mean federal TT doesn't know about the payment, so if you itemize and are under the $10k state income tax limit (very rare) you'll have to deal with that on the federal side.
Overriding is risky but is sometimes what you have to do in edge cases. Doesn't bother me if you understand it.
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