California conforms to the definition of Adjusted Gross Income under IRC section 62, but does not conform to IRC section 62(a)(21) relating to awards to whistleblowers. As a result, California does not conform to the federal change that expands the deduction for attorney’s fee related to awards to whistleblowers. This is why TurboTax moved the deduction from gross income on your Federal return to miscellaneous itemized deductions.
Thanks for the update confirming where you made your entry in the Federal return and where TurboTax made the change for California.
This California FTB webpage contains a summary of all Federal law changes from 2018 and where California law deviates from Federal. This webpage has links to more information about California nonconformity.
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