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June 4, 2019
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I owed over $1000 to fed taxes, recommendation was I prepay quarterly. pension and IRA distribution have withholding, but not SSA. Can I add SSA withholding instead?

  • June 4, 2019
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Best answer by AnnetteB6

Yes, you may have taxes withheld from your Social Security payments or increase your withholdings from another source instead of paying quarterly taxes.

As long as the taxes are paid throughout the year, the source of the payments (withholdings or estimated taxes) does not matter.


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AnnetteB6Employee Tax ExpertAnswer
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June 4, 2019

Yes, you may have taxes withheld from your Social Security payments or increase your withholdings from another source instead of paying quarterly taxes.

As long as the taxes are paid throughout the year, the source of the payments (withholdings or estimated taxes) does not matter.


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