OK, I understand.  When I make those contributions the dollar amount is removed from my Current Year State Refund and then next year I claim those on both the Federal and State returns.

Be sure to double check the thoroughness of TTax year-to-year transfer of these state tax form donations.  I make several donations each year on the CA Form540.  Some don't get transferred properly by TTax. I have notified TTax in the past, but it just keeps happening.  In particular, CA Code 407, the Emergency Food for Families Fund, never transfers at all.  Also, any fund that expires in CA will not transfer to the following years TTax deduction list.  (For example, CA Code 419, Child Victims of Human Trafficking Fund, expired in late 2015; so, eventhough it was a valid deductible contribution in 2015 on my CA tax form for 2014, TTax did not transfer the donation when preparing the 2015 taxes.)