Beginning January 1, 2009, California mandates taxpayers to remit their estimate tax payments electronically if one or more of the CA estimated tax payments exceed $20,000.

Taxpayers can do this through the FTB website http://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/webpay/index.asp  and use the WebPay feature or a credit card. They can also choose to use Electronic Funds Withdrawal (EFW) through their CA e-filed return.

To use EFW on a CA e-filed return, do the following:

1. Go to the General > Basic Data worksheet.
• Select Section 4 - Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Withdrawal.
• In Lines 1 - 28, enter information, as needed.
2. Go to the General > Electronic Filing worksheet.
• Select Section 5- State.
• Select Line 20 -Use electronic withdrawal for California estimate payments.
3. Calculate the return.

Note: In Section 4 (see step 1 above), Lines 21 - 24 will override the standard dates of withdrawal, and Line 20 will apply the bank information only to the CA estimate payments.