Turbotax not allowing to make payment with today's date to irs. What to do?

[cindysuh0605]

i already paid today via direct deposit but it says it wont get there until april 17. should i pay again on the irs website today?

[Matt30]

FWIW, I ended up selecting "Mail a check" in my payment option, paying via the IRS Direct Pay site, and completing my e-filing. I believe this is what's being suggested above.

Definitely pretty lame of TurboTax not to make this clearer.

Oh, and the "live help" I paid for was of course not an available option, and instead just redirected me to search this forum.

[GrizABQ]

Same question (or, it seems, complaint at this point)  as others. Did all the TurboTax and specified 4/15/2019 as pay date. Then forced to change it to 4/16/2019 at the last screen in order to file. The page says something like "you have to indicate a day at least one day in the future" AND "choose 4/15 or earlier to avoid penalties …" So, filing and paying through TurboTax is really only possible through 4/14, apparently.

An answer for TurboTax help to just not use TurboTax is not helpful.

[GrizABQ]

"FWIW, I ended up selecting "Mail a check" in my payment option, paying via the IRS Direct Pay site, and completing my e-filing. I believe this is what's being suggested above."

Thanks, Matt. That sounds like the answer if anyone hasn't just punted and selected 4/16. Unfortunately, that's what I did. It was essentially the LAST screen in the process.

[GrizABQ]

Anyone know if it is possible to cancel the TurboTax direct pay (in order to use the functional IRS site)? All the searches I do seem to indicate it is not possible (although this question is not directly answered anywhere).

[marnie_hanlon]

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[emersite]

In this case, if I now decide to pay the IRS directly on April 15th through the link provided, how do I stop TurboTax from also making the debit on my account on April 16th? (this is my case because I ended up filing my return with the request for the debit on April 16th since it was not allowing me to set it up for April 15th)

[tsuchiya]

According to other page below, we can work around it by changing the payment date to 4/16 and then efile.  With this workaround, are we sure we won't get any penalty from IRS?

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"work around
At this time we suggest to change the date to 4/16/19 and select to Efile your return as normal"

[429664]

@MichaelL1 Hi this is slightly off topic but your answers resonate with me so...

For the purpose of updating direct deposit information with the IRS, is it possible to e-file with Turbotax Deluxe and enter my current routing info even though I'm not receiving a refund?

Thanks in advance.