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Please dont consider my response as an argument. I am trying to understand the process and also it might help someone in future.    This is what I did on IRS website. 1. Login to IRS portal usind ID.me account 2. Clicked "Make a Payment" under Payments located at bottom left corner 3. Then selected the following option shown in the screenshot.   I selected 2024 Income Tax    

If you selected Balance Due in the first box for the reason there really isn’t a place to enter that.   I think you select you will mail a check and mentally subtract the payment to see if you still have a balance due.  

When you paid what description did you select for the payment?   It would probably be a payment with an extension to file.   To enter the amount you paid with an extension (including state extension)  go to Federal Taxes (or Personal for desktop H&B version) Deductions and Credits Then scroll way down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid Other Income Taxes - Click the Start or Update button   Next page second section Payments with Extension Either Visit All or Click Start or Update by the extension you paid   If you selected to pay an estimated payment in April that would be for a payment for next year’s 2025 tax return and not your 2024 tax due.   The last estimated payment for 2024 was due Jan 15.       

@Mike-2   Can you let me know how you get 2023 installed?   I was going to post that first link for you but I think it only works to install 2024.   When you bought 2023 did it download a file?   Go to your download folder and double click on it to start the install.   And you may have to activate it with the 16 digit License Code.  

I'm not in a bind. I use a Windows 11 laptop to calibrate my TVs, so will just install Turbo Tax 2025 on it.   Also, have a test old computer that is not up to spec, that I installed Windows 11 on using the setupprep.exe /product server install.  Will see if Turbo Tax 2025 will install on it.

@ SteamTrain  I haven't seen a formal IRS news article on it yet, but here's the executive order mandating electronic payments in and out of govt agencies starting Sept. 30, 2025.  There are some limited exceptions. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/modernizing-payments-to-and-from-americas-bank-account/   The order does exclude "individuals who do not have access to banking services or electronic payment systems;" who must be offered "alternative payment methods" yet to be established.   Another article which mainly talks about govt dropping refund checks from the IRS, but lower down in the article it also talks about also dropping most check payments TO the IRS: https://www.investopedia.com/paper-check-free-tax-refunds-11718299 From the article:   "Can you still pay taxes by mail?   "In most cases, no. The government is phasing out incoming paper payments, too. That means if you’re currently paying your taxes, fees, or fines by check, you’ll need to start doing so by card or digital wallet beginning later this year, unless you qualify for one of the limited exceptions outlined in the executive order."

Once you have finished the 2023 return, if you wish, you can transfer the desktop *.tax2023 data file into your online 2024 return if you plan to use Online TurboTax for the 2024.   It will, however, require you to start over with the 2024 online return since you can only transfer into a blank new return.   Clearing the online 2024 return is all done during the process explained in this FAQ:   FAQ:  How do I transfer last year's desktop return into this year's Online TurboTax? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/transfer-last-year-return-turbotax-online/L279eUvY2_US_en_US

You don't sign in to the desktop software. You have to install the desktop software on your computer. How do I get started with TurboTax Desktop? After you install the software there will be a TurboTax 2023 icon on your computer desktop. Double click the icon to run the program, like any other software installed on your computer.