Thanks,
Not sure about scheules - just simple things like donations to charities and car registration, even if not deductible for federal - because itemizing no longer worthwhile, they still normally count for state.
The major portion of the "excessive" taxes owed to state was due to a capitol loss carryover not applied automatically - since CA may treat it differently. Once that was addressed the numbers are more in line with what I expect, but still the donations etc, seem to have no impact.
