How do I account for a payment already made to the IRS

What type of payment are you referring to? 

Payment of federal taxes owed for a prior tax year are not entered on a federal tax return.

 

To enter, edit or delete estimated taxes paid (Federal, State, Local) -

• Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
• Click on Deductions and Credits
• Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
• Scroll down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid
• On Estimates, click on the start or update button

Or enter estimates paid in the Search box located in the upper right of the online program screen. Click on Jump to estimates paid

Federal estimated taxes paid are entered on Form 1040 Schedule 3 Line 8. The totals for Schedule 3 flow to Form 1040 Line 18d 

 

To enter, change or delete a payment made with an extension request (Federal, State, Local) -

• Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
• Click on Deductions and Credits
• Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
• Scroll down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid
• On Other Income Taxes, click on the start or update button

On the next screen select the type of extension payment made and click on the start or update button

Or enter federal extension payment in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to federal extension payment

The federal extension payment will be shown on Schedule 3 Line 10. The amount from Schedule 3 Part II Line 14 flows to Form 1040 Line 18d

 

Your advice, both does not work!!!

Your advice, both, does not work. Nothing shown on 1040 schedule 3 line 10. !!!

Then you didn't enter it in the right spot.  Did it show up on another line?  Was it an extension payment or an Estimated payment?  They are different.

 

You can type estimates paid in the search box at the top of your return and click Find and it will give you a link to Jump To the screen where you enter Extension Payments.

 

To enter the amount you paid with an extension (including state extension)  go to

Federal Taxes (or Personal for desktop H&B version)

Deductions and Credits

Then scroll way down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid

Other Income Taxes - Click the Start or Update button

 

Next page second section Payments with Extension

Either Visit All or Click Start or Update by the extension you paid

 

Those instructions do not work. There is no amount shown on schedule 1040 schedule 3 line 10 after I follow both of your instructions. 

AND yes it was and estimate payment with the extension. 

As I said an estimated payment is different than an extension payment.  Did it show up on line 8 instead of 10?

Those directions are spot on ... so it must be you that is not getting it right.  Now if your return will have a refund or no balance due when you finally get this payment installed  then you can relax ... filing tonight is not needed.

As long as you will not owe you have time to file the return correctly when you get it right.  

 

Here is a trick to buy you another 5 days ... in the MY INFO section change your year of birth so it is wrong and then file ... it will reject automatically and you will have 5 days to figure out this issue and refile. 

 

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