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The problem is that the phrase "paid family leave" is bandied about in California to describe a lot of things that are not Paid Family Leave under the tax code of the state of California.
In brief, if your employer is paying it, it's not PFL as defined by the state tax code. The only possible exception is if your employer paid for a Voluntary Plan for Disability Insurance (VPDI) with an insurance company, then received the benefits on your behalf and then included it on your W-2. As you can see from the TurboTax FAQ on California PFL, this is highly unlikely, because the insurance company should have sent their own W-2 to you directly.
If your employer insists that this is what happened, I would encourage you to get it in writing before you file this return, because the default behavior of the CA FTB is to send out letters for any CA income adjustment that exactly matches a W-2, when the W-2 appears to be from your employer and not an insurance company.
You will mostly likely need to either remove that paid family leave check box in your W-2 interview, or enter '0' (zero) as the amount of the W-2 paid by your insurance company in the California interview.
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