thank you.

Then, on Schedule CA, the MCTR will not be subtracted.  That seems okay.  The FTB will see the MCTR treatment on the 1040 and, I hope, have no questions or issues.

Edit: just looked at Schedule CA.

Those MCTR amounts (from the federal input) appear and I think will be another possible glitch for the FTB computer. I hope this crap gets fixed soon.  I'm tempted to not input any amounts for this, even if the clients gets a 1099!