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No.
Paying estimates is essentially optional.
You should make an estimated tax payment 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.)
TurboTax (TT) can prepare the payment vouchers. In
your 2016 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
If your goal is just to avoid the
underpayment penalty, then paying 100% of the prior year tax liability is the
“safe haven”
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
No.
Paying estimates is essentially optional.
You should make an estimated tax payment 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.)
TurboTax (TT) can prepare the payment vouchers. In
your 2016 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
If your goal is just to avoid the
underpayment penalty, then paying 100% of the prior year tax liability is the
“safe haven”
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
Do you need to pay estimated taxes?
That depends on your situation. The rule is that you must pay your taxes as you go.
If at filing time, you have not paid enough income taxes through withholding or quarterly estimated payments, you may have to pay a penalty for underpayment.
To determine whether you need to make quarterly estimates, answer these questions:
If you answered "no" to all of these questions, you must make estimated tax payments using Form 1040-ES. To avoid a penalty, your total tax payments (estimated taxes plus withholding) during the year must satisfy one of the requirements we just covered.
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