Please check to see which Quarter(s) you selected for reporting the state estimated payment(s).
First through Third 2025 Quarter payments will apply to the 2025 Schedule A.
Forth Quarter payments are usually paid in the year following the Tax Year of the return. In other words, the Fourth Quarter Payment for 2025 is usually paid January 15, 2026. Since it was paid in 2026, (not 2025) it won't count for the 2025 Federal Return Schedule A.
Next year, it can count for the 2026 Federal Return Schedule A.
If the same thing occurred in 2024, and you made a Fourth Quarter State Tax Payment on January 15, 2025, that payment will apply to your 2025 Federal tax return.
A Fourth Quarter State Estimated Payment made for 2024 but paid in 2025 is entered under:
- Deductions & Credits
- Estimates and Other Taxes Paid
- Estimates
- START or UPDATE
- 2024 state estimated taxes paid in 2025
First through fourth quarter payments for 2025 are entered under:
- Deductions & Credits
- Estimates and Other Taxes Paid
- Estimates
- START or UPDATE
- State estimated taxes for 2025
BUT THE "Tax Year 2025 FOURTH PAYMENT" WON'T BE ADDED TO SCHEDULE A IF IT WAS PAID IN 2026
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