johncklai
New Member

Question on the need to pay estimated tax for 2019

Hi,

For 2018 tax return I need to make a payment and Turbo tax concluded that I will have to make estimated tax payments for 2019.   The reason why i have to pay for 2018 is because I exercised my company stocks and that pushed me way over my normal total income.    For year 2019 I am pretty certain that I will get a refund (since I max out my tax withholding usually and i have mortgage interest) and my total income will be much less than 2018.  Based on this information, is it necessary for me to make estimated tax payment for 2019?   Also, if i do have to make estimated tax payment, do i need to pay all 4 payments or I just need to make enough est tax payments (like 2 instead of 4) to cover the potential taxes that I will owe?


Thanks