You should make estimated tax payments for the current tax year if both of the following apply:
- 1. You expect to owe at least $1,000 in tax for the current tax year, after subtracting your withholding and credits.
- 2. You expect your withholding and credits to be less than the smaller of: 90% of the tax to be shown on your current year’s tax return, or 100% of the tax shown on your prior year’s tax return. (Your prior year tax return must cover all 12 months.)
Otherwise you can wait to pay when you file.
If your goal is just to avoid the underpayment penalty, then paying 100% of the prior year tax liability is the “safe haven”
TurboTax (TT) can prepare the quarterly payment vouchers. In your 2019 software, enter at:
Federal Taxes or Personal (H&B version)
-Other Tax Situations
-Other Tax Forms
-Form W-4 and Estimated Taxes - Click the Start or Update button
On the next screen answer No to the W-4 question
Or you can obtain blank IRS Form 1040-ES from the IRS. The form and instructions are at this link: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040es.pdf
You can also pay Federal directly here. Be sure to select 1040ES:
https://www.irs.gov/Payments
Depending on how much total income you have, long term capital gain (LTCG) are partially taxed at 0%, 15%, 20% and/or 23.8%.
