topic Re: Calculation error in amount owed. in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Calculation error in amount owed.

taxman2022-b — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:55:56 GMT

See image below, line 37 should be $3,971 not $4,030.

Line 24 minus Line 33.

12,115 - 8,144 = $3,971

How do I get Turbotax to recalculate and come up with the right number? I plugged my numbers into Freetax and it calculated it correctly.

Using Desktop version.

Re: Calculation error in amount owed.

DoninGA — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:56:37 GMT

You did not add in the Underpayment Penalty shown on Line 38

$3,971 + $59 = $4,030

Re: Calculation error in amount owed.

moonche1 — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 21:10:59 GMT

The difference is on line 38 the estimated tax penalty. Turbo tax automatically added that in to come up with the amount of tax due. If you owe more than a certain amount of taxes, you will incur a penalty. Since Turbo tax added it automatically there might be a way to delete it, but the IRS will probably charge it to you anyway. One way to avoid this is to pay estimated taxes or change your withholding to a higher percentage. I ran into this situation a few years ago.

Re: Calculation error in amount owed.

taxman2022-b — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:16:33 GMT

Ah, thanks for the clarification. Ended up owing that much due to money from an inherited IRA, not from not having too little money deducted from payroll. Kind've weird that there is 'Penalty' for that, since I couldn't anticipate it coming.

Thanks again.