Tax Payments by quarter screen — quarters are goofy

[Matt -]

Question 0: Is this really where I get support for a software bug???

Question 1: In the "Tax payments by quarter" screen of Federal Taxes > Other Tax Situations, the date ranges for the quarters are shown as

1/1/2020 – 7/15/2020

7/16/2020 – 7/15/2020

7/16/2020 – 9/15/2020

9/16/2020 – 12/31/2020

Should they actually be calendar quarters or the irregular estimated tax "quarters"?

[Opus 17]

Those dates are correct for 2020, partly because the quarters are odd in general, and partly due COVID modifications.

Normally,

income earned 1/1-3/15, estimated payment due 4/15

income earned 4/1-5/31, estimated payment due 6/15

income earned 6/1-8/31, estimated payment due 9/15

income earned 9/1-12/31, estimated payment due 1/15

So they aren't equal quarters even in a normal year.  For 2020 because of COVID, all payments due between 4/1/2020 and 7/15/2020 were extended to 7/15/2020.

[Matt -]

Did you read what I wrote? One of the quarters was negative one day long!

[Opus 17]

OK, I see.  It should probably be 4/16.  I can report it.

[VolvoGirl]

Is that for filling out form 2210?  That seems ok.  For 2020 the first 2 quarters were not due until July 15. That's why the first 2 say - 7/15.  And even in a normal year the "quarters" are listed with different dates and time periods.  And with the pandemic looks like they are giving you a pass by starting them on 7/16 and 9/16.  I think before they all started on Jan 1.

You have to manually add up your gross pay and other income like interest for each time period listed for line 1a - 1d.  Here’s a blank one to help

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f2210.pdf

[paul-irek]

The 2210 form (TurboTax says it needs updates) shows the following dates:

1/1/20 - 4/15/20

4/16/20 - 6/15/20

6/16/20 - 9/15/20

9/16/20 - 12/31/20

I think it best to await the 2210 form update and hope TurboTax updates this screen to properly coincide.