Urgently need to know if efile of federal tax with installment request takes partial payment - this morning when i called your support person said yes - need confirmation

Yes, the installment agreement allows for partial payment. 

so that means the partial payment will be direct debited then now that efile was accepted by IRS?

Yes, the partial payment in your installment is what will be debited

Thank you for your prompt answer! but please note that all the confusion is due to the printing option to save a copy, it prints a page that indicates that the partial payment is to be "mailed" to the IRS with form 1040V. This let me to believe the partial payment had to be mailed and I would have missed the due date!  May want to suggest a change in wording/instructions to the software developers.

Thank you for your prompt answer! but please note that all the confusion is due to the printing option to save a copy, it prints a page that indicates that the partial payment is to be "mailed" to the IRS with form 1040V. This let me to believe the partial payment had to be mailed and I would have missed the due date!  May want to suggest a change in wording/instructions to the software developers.