Late Filing Penalty

[DWPierce1942]

I have Turbo Tax Deluxe for 2023 on my laptop.  It wants me to pay a big penalty and file Form 2210.  I think that may be because I filed the three estimated tax payments for 2023 in early October 2023.  I live in Contra Costa County, CA, which had a waiver for filing through October 15, 2023.  My payments were timely.

Is Turbo Tax likely to fix this?  How does Inuit find out about this sort of software glitch?

Dave

[JulieS]

Yes, you can and should request a penalty waiver since you were impacted by a federally declared disaster.

Here's how to do that:

1. Sign in to your TurboTax account.
2. Select Other Tax Situations.
3. Select Start or Edit to the right of Underpayment Penalties.
4. Answer the first several screens according to your situation.
5. When you get to Penalty Waivers, answer Yes. 
6. Answer Yes to You Can Request a Waiver.
7. Answer Waive all to Do You want to Reduce Your Penalty?
8. In the explanation box enter, "California, severe winter storms, flooding, and mudslides".
9. Continue through the end of the section.