RaifH
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Retirement tax questions

If you applied your 2020 tax refund to your 2021 return, that will automatically be applied as a first-quarter estimated payment. 

 

You can then use the annualized method to calculate your underpayment penalty if any. Since a good chunk of your income was earned in the last quarter due to the conversion, this may lower or eliminate your penalty. Even if you don't need to pay a penalty, you will need to include Form 2210 with your return if you otherwise would have had to pay it. 

 

  1. Go to Federal > Other Tax Situations > Additional Tax Payments > Underpayment Penalties and click Start/Revisit.
  2. Enter your prior-year information to see if you qualify for the safe harbor rule.
  3. In the Annualized Income Method screen, select Yes.
  4. Enter your quarterly income and credits by quarter. TurboTax will recalculate your underpayment penalty using the annualized method and if it yields a better result, will allow you to use this method. 

 

 

 

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