In April 2023, I mailed a check payable to the United States Treasury for the first estimated tax payment for 2023. I enclosed the 2023 Form 1040-ES Payment Voucher 1 and have a copy of the envelope with the mailing address and my return address, the check with the required information in the memo area of the check and the Payment Voucher 1. At the same time, I mailed the 2023 NJ-1040-ES-V Payment Voucher with my check. I have copies of the check the envelope and the payment voucher. The envelopes were weighed by the USPS person working behind the counter and I paid him and he took the envelopes.
The checks were never cashed. I paid Vouchers 2, 3 and 4 online using my checking account number and they are listed in my account. My bank told me the missing checks can be cashed at any time so my checking account balances have to be high so those 2 checks, if ever "found", they don't bounce. The bank told me I can stop payment of the checks, however, they still can be cashed.
Is there anything I can or should do? I'm don't expect to be charged a penalty.
I paid the June and September payments online and they show the payment method as "direct pay". I paid my last payment at the end of December 2023 and increased the payment amount because the first payment was never received. The payment method for that last payment is "online account". All payments were debited from my checking account.
Why is the payment method for the last payment different from the first 2 payments? Is it because I increased the payment amount?
Thank you.
