Deductions & credits

Did you file federal with standard deduction and then take the additional $300 (single) or $600 (joint) cash charitable donation which is allowed this year? If so Turbo Tax does not seem to know how to adjust for this. You will get a100% correct notice when you do your final review but its wrong. You will need to go to "forms" and manually make the adjustment yourself. Go to CA 540 schedule A, part II, side 5 and manually put in either $300 or $600, whichever is appropriate, in column B line 11(gifts by cash or check). This should correct your return and the state should accept it assuming there are no other issues.

 

Turbo Tax help was useless on this issue. The don't even seem to be aware there is a problem.