California Passive activity loss not allowed

[tskraus]

I am not a real estate professional.  I actively participated 50% in a rental property in the state of California and filed Schedule E throughout the years.  I held the property from 2005 to 2020.  I sold the property in Jan 2020.  On my federal return, I accumulated passive losses over the years and was able to take those losses on my federal returned.  For my California return, I was not able to take the accumulated losses for tax year 2020 for some reason.  My California tax filings Schedule E adjustments losses were not allowed prior to 2020 due to my AGI being greater than $150K for a married filing jointly. 

the question I have is how to I get turbtax to recognize the accumulated passive losses for my California 2020 return so I can take the ordinary loss?

[AmyC]

CA has different income limits than the federal. For CA, you can claim unlimited losses if your MFJ income is less than $373,899. It could be that your income was too high for federal but not for state. If you have been claiming the losses on the state, you would not have the accumulation. Losses are carried to sch P, credit limitations.

Please review prior returns for losses on form 3801. It shows the federal and CA adjustment plus CA allowed.