Individual: How to Submit a Protest or Respond to a Filing Enforcement Proposed Assessment
To Submit a Protest or Respond to a Filing Enforcement Proposed Assessment online, log in to MyFTB and follow the “How To” instructions below. If, once you’re logged into MyFTB, you need help with the page you’re on, select the “?” in the upper right corner of that particular page.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 1: Select Proposed Assessments from the Account dropdown menu.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 2: Select the proposed assessment you want to protest or respond to.
- To protest or respond to a proposed assessment, the Protestable Online column must display “Yes”.
- Select the link in the NPA Number column of the proposed assessment you want to protest.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 3: Proposed Assessment Options
- If this is a non Filing Enforcement proposed assessment, the Proposed Assessment Detail page displays a Protest button at the bottom of the page.
- Skip to step 8 to complete the non Filing Enforcement online protest.
- If this is a Filing Enforcement proposed assessment, the Proposed Assessment Detail page shows the available response options.
- Continue to step 4.
Non Filing Enforcement Proposed Assessment

Filing Enforcement Proposed Assessment
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 4: Choose the appropriate option to respond to the Filing Enforcement proposed assessment.
- Select one of the three responses:
- I do not wish to protest this assessment because I will file the required tax return by XX/XX/XXXX and select the Continue button.
- Continue to step 5.
- I already filed the required tax return and select the Continue button.
- Skip to step 6.
- I wish to protest this assessment because I disagree with the proposed assessment and select the Continue button.
- Skip to step 9.
- I do not wish to protest this assessment because I will file the required tax return by XX/XX/XXXX and select the Continue button.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 5: Confirm and submit your Quick Resolution.
- Confirm that you do not want to protest the assessment and you will file the tax return by the date shown.
- Select the Submit button.
- Selecting the Submit button completes the process to respond to the proposed assessment and navigates you back to the Proposed Assessment List page.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 6: Enter resolution information about the previously filed tax return.
- Enter resolution information about the previously filed tax return related to the proposed assessment.
* = required field - In the Attachments section select the Add Attachments button to attach supporting documentation, if applicable.

- In the Attachments section, select the Upload button
- You can attach up to 10 documents, not to exceed 10 MB. Valid file extensions are pdf and xlsx.
- In the pop-up window, browse and select the appropriate file and select the Open button.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 7: Review your list of attachments and select the Submit button.
- Selecting the Submit button completes the process to respond to the proposed assessment and navigates you back to the Proposed Assessment List page.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 8: Select the Protest button.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 9: Provide information to support protest.
- In the Protest Explanation section provide information to support the protest.
- In the Attachments section select the Add Attachments button to attach supporting documentation, if applicable.

- In the Attachments section, select the Upload button.
- You can attach up to 10 documents, not to exceed 10 MB. Valid file extensions are pdf and xlsx.
- In the pop-up window, browse and select the appropriate file and select the Open button.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 10: Review your list of attachments.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 11: Authorize and submit the protest.
- In the Authorization section, read the text and check the box, and enter your full name.
- Select the Submit button.
Note: The status of the proposed assessment associated to the protest will be updated to “Protested”.
Press enter to show or hide content for Step 12: Confirmation of protest submission.
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Last Updated: 03.22.2018