Lacerte was not 'reprogrammed' to deal with the extended date (of 11.16.23) to pay estimates last year.

If you didn't manipulate the date of payments to account for this, the math will be off.

And I don't think the FTB is/was/cares about figuring it out themselves.

Write a letter challenging it - if that costs less than the $ 34.51 - or if you like tilting at windmills