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erick00
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Calculation of total estimated 2025 taxes seems incorrect

In the form "Estimated Tax Payment Options" the box with an "x" in it has the description "100% (110%) of your 2024 taxes (prior-year exception). There is a dollar amount which does not equal either my 2024 taxes due nor 110% of my 2024 taxes due. I tried a lot of variations such as eliminating the small tax credit I had  etc. but no calculation matched what is displayed. The amount displayed was $137 higher than 110% of the 2024 taxes due (my AGI requires me to use 110% not 100%). Any ideas how Turbotax is finding this number? I also printed all the forms to a pdf file, then searched the pdf file for the amount shown by turbotax and could not find it on any other form except for "Estimated Tax Payment Options" worksheet.

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BrittanyS
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Calculation of total estimated 2025 taxes seems incorrect

TurboTax provides the following information regarding how to figure your Estimated Tax Payments:

 

"You need to come up with a good estimate of the income and deductions you will report on your federal tax return.

You can use TurboTax tax preparation software to do the calculations for you, or get a copy of the worksheet accompanying Form 1040-ES and work your way through it. Either way, you'll need some items so you can plan what your estimated tax payments should be:

  • Your previous year's return. Use your previous year's federal tax return as a check to make sure you include all the income and deductions you expect to take on your current year's tax return. You should also look at the total tax you paid if you are going to base your estimated tax payments on 100 or 110 percent of your previous year's taxes.
  • Your record of any estimated tax payments and withholding you've already made for the year. You need to take those payments into account when you determine how much tax you still owe, so have your check register and latest paystub handy to look up the amounts and the dates you paid."

See the link below for more information:

 

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erick00
Returning Member

Calculation of total estimated 2025 taxes seems incorrect

It turns out the TurboTax did correctly calculate estimated taxes. It didn’t include an RMD penalty which I had included

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