Additional payment on taxes question

[ShaShaB]

My husband owes taxes roughly $500 for 2021 and $1,000 for 2022. He is on a payment plan and has already filed, he owed none for 2024 so the amount he got back went to what was owed to 2021. We decided to do an additional payment of $1,000 toward what he owes for those 2 years. This was done a couple weeks ago. Going on the IRS website, the payment shows still as pending but it also shows 2021’s balance as info not available at this time. And then 2022’s balance is the same. My question is if 2021’s balance was $500 and we paid an additional payment of $1,000 will the other 500$ be applied to 2022’s owed taxes? When making the payment it didn’t allow us to choose a specific tax year otherwise I would’ve done the exact amount for 2021 and make a separate payment for 2022. 

[CatinaT1]

You will need to contact the IRS for information. It might be easiest to set up an account with them.

IRS Individual Online Account  

• Taxpayers with a Social Security number or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number can create or access their IRS Individual Online Account to get information they need to file their return.
• With an IRS Individual Online Account, people can:
• View balance owed, payment history and schedule payments.
• Cancel scheduled payments.
• Get transcripts.
• View or create payment plans.
• See digital copies of some IRS notices.
• View key data from their most recently filed tax return, including adjusted gross income.
• Validate bank accounts and save multiple accounts, eliminating the need to re-enter bank account information every time they make a payment.
• View, approve and electronically sign power of attorney and tax information authorizations from their tax professional.