I put in an amount that we paid with our Federal 2019 extension ($45,115.00) but that amount doesn't reflect in the amount of taxes paid on the tax return. My husband paid in $72,181.00 with his W-9 wages. This should have brought the total Federal 2019 taxes paid in to $117,296.00. But it only shows federal taxes paid in of $74,029.00, thus making a federal tax due of $34,386.00. Why?? I already filed the return and mailed the check.
Well asking this question BEFORE you filed the return would have been wiser ... now all you can do is wait for the IRS to figure out why you sent more than you needed to do so and they usually do recompute the return and send the excess back.
While you wait for the IRS save a PDF of the return and review it carefully.
After a return has been efiled and accepted, it can sometimes take a return PDF a while to update and become available at the Tax Home. If you can't use the Download/print button at the Tax Home or the "Download/print the PDF" link in the section "Your Tax Returns & Documents", or if you're getting incomplete documents when you use one of those methods, here's an alternate way to print by opening the filed return back up to print at the Print Center.
NOTE: When you open your return back up, do not make any changes in it if it's already been filed. If you later have to amend the return, it has to start off exactly as it was when it was originally filed.
NOTE: Remember all PDF tax documents and tax data files are very sensitive files, since they contain your personal ID info, financial data, and possibly bank account numbers, etc. Be sure to store them safely and securely to guard against computer theft, hacking, etc.