To report the payments you made, you use the category
Estimates and Other Income Taxes Paid, which is under
Deductions and Credits. The fastest way to navigate to the estimated taxes section in the Online product is:
- Open your return.
- Once the return is open, click on the search tab in the top right corner.
- In the search box enter quarterly without quotes.
- Then choose Jump to quarterly.
- You will come to the screen Estimates and Other Income Taxes Paid. Choose the appropriate categories.
No, the IRS doesn't automatically send you a form showing your estimated tax payments that you made during the year.
For
future reference, if you use their free service EFTPS to make the
payments online, you can print out payment history there. Here's the
website, if you ever want to use that free service to make your payments
in the future. You have to apply to open an account and get a PIN
number mailed to you.
https://www.eftps.gov/eftps/
Also
for future reference, you can also make estimated payments
electronically (and free) from your bank account at the IRS website
using IRS Direct Pay and print out a confirmation:
https://www.irs.gov/PaymentsIf you make a credit/debit card payment, however, there is a service fee.
The advantage of either of those is that no paperwork has to be mailed. Those methods can also be used to pay Federal taxes due, such as with your Form 1040 in April.
