@lauracton,
Nothing about taxes is simple, ever. So let's say you are Filing Status 1 (Single or MFS) and you earn $16000 for the year. Your CA standard deduction for Single or MFS is $5,363 (this amount of your income is non-taxable to the state because they know that you need to buy groceries, clothing and toothpaste), so your taxable income would be $10637. According to the chart, your taxable liability for the year would be $108, since your taxable income fell between $10551 and $10650. If you do not have any state taxes withheld on this income, you would make payments of $54 for each of the two estimated payment dates left in this year, since we are already close to September.
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