Ok, I entered the 593 first, and then went back to the Sch. A to put it there (I wasn't sure she would be itemizing, so I skipped that step while doing the federal). Is that why it's not working?  And if so, how do I fix it? Do I need to delete the 593, save it with the itemized deduction, and then re-enter the 593?

On mine, on the "smart worksheet," the line A is blank, line B has the $4k (pulled from the 593), and line C is blank. Even if I get line A to read $4k like it should, once it subtracted it again, it would still net to $0, which would still be wrong.

So (a) how do I get the correct about to show up in line A? and

(b) Even if I do that, it looks like CA will not allow me to claim that refund, but just take the federal itemized deductions, which still seems wrong to me.