Paid $6K in capital gains withholding tax to State of CA. Where does that $6k get placed on the 1040 Schedule A?

[SweetieJean]

How is the CA withholding reported to you? 1099-B? 593? 592-B? Other?

[jwegman]

thank you for your very quick reply.  It was reported on 593-E

[TomD8 · Accepted solution]

Since a capital gains tax is a tax on your income, state capital gains tax paid would go to line 5 of your 2016 Schedule A.

[jwegman]

Thank you very much for your very quick reply.  That was my sense of how to enter it, but better safe than sorry!!

[VolvoGirl]

Last year it worked like this (probably the same for 2016)
To Enter it go to the state tab and step though all the screens (many screens) until the very end and it will ask for Any Real Estate or other withholding forms.  But then it says to also enter it under the Federal side.  So go to.....
Federal Taxes (or Personal for H&B version)
Deductions and Credits
Choose Jump to Full List -or  I'll choose what I work on
Then scroll way down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid
Other Income Taxes - Click the Start or Update button

Next page scroll down to bottom section Other Income Taxes Paid
Click Start or Update by Withholding not already entered on a W-2 or 1099

Then you need to go though the CA return to the very last screen and put it in again so it shows up on the CA 540 line 73 for Real Estate Withholding and not line 71 as income tax withholding.

[jwegman]

thank you so much for this very easy to follow step-by-step answer