CA Form 593 Turbo Tax error

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February 22, 2026
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I have followed the Turbo Tax instructions to enter the CA Form 593 data in my State forms, and also on the Fed Tax payments form. Now it shows up TWICE on Form 540.

I have rechecked multiple times. It is showing up twice even though I followed the Turbo Tax instructions exactly.

Best answer by newcastlelinda

I found the error !

The Form 593 info was fine, but there was also a Form 592-B which was missing from the Fed Tax Payment worksheet. Because of that, the entire Real Estate Withholding was miscalculated.

Monikak11

Level 2

Your California real estate withholding, CA Form 593, does need to be entered on both the state and the federal return. If you ended up with a duplicated form, you can try deleting a form or deleting your entries on this topic and starting over.

Start with your federal return. (Note: If your TurboTax navigation looks different from what’s described here, learn more).

Select Federal, then Deductions & Credits.
On the next screen, select Find tax breaks and answer any following questions until you reach the Your tax breaks screen.
Skip this step if you go directly to Let's check for tax breaks.
Find Estimates and Other Taxes Paid, then select Start or Revisit next to Income taxes paid.
On the next screen, under Other Income Taxes Paid in 2025, select Start next to Withholding not already entered on a W-2 or 1099.
Select Yes on the Do you have any tax withholding you haven't entered yet? screen. Enter your real estate withholding information under State Withholdings and select Done when finished.
Now proceed to your California state return, filling out any additional information, until you reach the Take a look at California credits and taxes screen.
Find the Real Estate and Other Withholding section and select Revisit. Enter your real estate withholding information again.

The withholding information will show up on your CA state return on Form 540 line 73 for real estate withholding and not on line 71 as income tax withholding.

Please see this updated help article regarding how to enter CA Form 593 real estate withholding.

newcastlelindaAuthor

Level 3

Dear monikak1,

You say in your reply not to enter the information twice, but the help article you included DOES say to enter it twice. I think I followed the help article instructions exactly. However, I will try deleting the relevant forms and reentering them all again. I will let you know what happens.

Sadly I will not be back home to do this until March 13.

Linda

Monikak11

Level 2

I did state, as stated in the help article, that California real estate withholding needs to be entered on both the Federal and State returns. The reason for the California entries is to make sure that the amount is reported on Line 73 for Real Estate Withholding and not on Line 71 as state income tax withholding.

If you somehow ended up with two Forms 593, you can delete one of them, or if you prefer, delete all the entries and forms on this topic and start again.

Safe travels!

@newcastlelinda

newcastlelindaAuthorAnswer

Level 3

I found the error !

The Form 593 info was fine, but there was also a Form 592-B which was missing from the Fed Tax Payment worksheet. Because of that, the entire Real Estate Withholding was miscalculated.