I received paid family leave from the state of California. During that time my employer also paid me on top of the state payment. How I report the employer income?

[ee-ea]

The employer should ave included it in the W-2.

[cynthia-benin]

Thanks, I wasn't clear--TurboTax wants me to check a box indicating whether any of the earnings recorded in the W2 were earned as part of paid family leave. Should I check that box? Part of the money was paid on top of the state funds as a "true up" to my ordinary salary, and part was paid in the months beyond the state leave (i.e. for part of my leave, I was receiving money only from my employer and not the state.)

[TerryA]

Did you receive a 1099-G for the PFL income? If so then entering that in your federal return is all you have to do. None of your W-2 Box 1 amount qualifies as PFL since it was paid by your employer, so you should *not* check the PFL box on the W-2 entry screen.

[cynthiabstein]

Thanks Terry, I'm confused, because earlier you responded on another thread with this:

cynthia - in TT/Calif you have the opportunity to adjust the amount of total W-2 income to that of the actual PFL amount. It defaults to the total W-2 wages because that's the way most VPDI providers do it - the entire Box 1 wages is PFL.
Your W-2 may have inconveniently combined regular wages and PFL wages into Box 1.

I DID receive a 1099-G from the state. I know that's CA tax deductible. My question is whether I can deduct funds paid to me by my employer while I was out on leave. My employer paid me both (a) while I was receiving PFL money from the state (the employer paid me extra on top of the state funds as a "true up" to my salary), and (b) after PFL from the state expired--my company paid me for additional months on leave.  All of this money from the employer was just lumped into Box 1 of the W2.

When my husband was on family leave, he got paid through his employer's insurance company.  So are you saying my husband's pay is CA tax-deductible but not mine?

[TerryA]

PFL paid by the employer is not excludable - it must be paid from the Calif SDI program or the employer's voluntary plan (VPDI) to be excluded from Calif income. Your employer is "making up the difference", and that's great, but it's not excludable as PFL.