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How do I input paid estimated taxes for two states? The "additional payments" form won't let me add a pay date past 1/1/19.

smoedude — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:45:03 GMT

Re: How do I input paid estimated taxes for two states? The "additional payments" form won't let ...

AnnetteB6 — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:40:06 GMT

The state estimated tax payments are entered into the Federal return because the payment is considered a possible itemized deduction.

Use the following steps to go to the section of TurboTax to enter the state estimated tax payments that you made:

On the top row of the TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax locate the search box in the upper right corner)
This opens a box where you can type in “estimated tax payments” (be sure to enter exactly as shown here) and click the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find)
The search results will give you an option to “Jump to estimated tax payments”
Click on the blue “Jump to estimated tax payments” link
Click Start beside State Estimated Taxes for 2019 to enter your information

The amounts entered will be carried to your state tax return and applied toward your taxes. After you have entered all the payments for one state, you can click the Enter More Payments button to enter the second state.

@smoedude

Re: How do I input paid estimated taxes for two states? The "additional payments" form won't let ...

smoedude — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 05:42:45 GMT

I have followed your steps, however I am still having trouble when it comes to the "Enter More Payments" section.

When I add another line I am able to fill in the state and amount paid correctly, however when I enter the date paid I get an error, which reads "cannot be before 01/01/19." This does not make sense, as all my estimated tax payments for the 2019 year were paid in 04/19 at the earliest. I believe it is a bug in the software. I am using the website version if that makes a difference. I was wondering if there is a workaround or if Turbotax is actively working to fix the issue. Thanks.

Re: How do I input paid estimated taxes for two states? The "additional payments" form won't let ...

AnnetteB6 — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 15:46:30 GMT

Be sure that you are entering the date in the following format MM/DD/YYYY. Abbreviating the year to only 2 digits seems to be the cause of the issue when I tried to recreate it.

Thanks for sharing that you were using the online version.

@smoedude

Re: How do I input paid estimated taxes for two states? The "additional payments" form won't let ...

smoedude — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 01:05:08 GMT

That worked, thank you!