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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
As long as you pay the 110% of your 2024 taxes in equal timely installments then you will have met your safe harbor requirements for 2025 regardless of what you do in 2025, it doesn't matter how much or in which quarter these events occur, whether it's some large cap gain event or Roth conversion. IRS assumes your taxable income accrued evenly throughout the year, so as long as you pay the ES installments evenly and on time, no Form 2210 AI should be needed when you file for 2025 (which can be a time consuming calculation). Check your state also, should be similar provisions.
If you do need to make uneven payments for some reason don't bother with TT just print blank from IRS/state websites. Or pay electronically through EFTPS for IRS and equivalent for state if they have one, no voucher is required. But if you want to, in desktop under Forms mode there is a form "Est Tax Options" where you can change the vouchers (not sure equivalent in TT Online).
See FAQs on ES:
https://www.irs.gov/faqs/estimated-tax
Not a CPA/Expert but this is my understanding having gone through 2210 AI for 2024 and intending to avoid it for 2025 by paying ES based on 2024. You can also test this out in TT 2024 also with a dummy return etc.