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How do you enter estimated Federal Tax payments? It asked if there were some but then gave me no way to enter them.

 
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How do you enter estimated Federal Tax payments? It asked if there were some but then gave me no way to enter them.

 

To enter estimated tax paid in 2025

 Go to Federal>Deductions and Credits>Estimates and Other Taxes Paid>Estimates

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How do you enter estimated Federal Tax payments? It asked if there were some but then gave me no way to enter them.

Your estimated tax payments will serve as a credit against your Federal tax liability and have to be entered on your tax return.

 

In TurboTax Online, you can enter estimated taxes you paid by following these steps:

  1. Open your tax return
  2. Click on Federal in the left-hand column, then Deductions & Credits
  3. Navigate to the list of Deductions and Credits 
  4. Locate the section named Estimates and Other Taxes Paid and click on the arrow on the right 
  5. Click on Start next to Estimated Tax Payments
  6. On the next page, click Start next to Federal estimated taxes for 2025 (form 1040ES)
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How do you enter estimated Federal Tax payments? It asked if there were some but then gave me no way to enter them.

To enter Federal or State Estimated Taxes Paid, including a state estimated payment made in January for the prior year, go to

Federal on left or at top (Personal for Home & Business)

Deductions and Credits

Then scroll way down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid

Estimates - click the Start or Update button

 

When you click in the left column tab for Deductions & Credits, it may take you to a page called "Your Tax Breaks. Lower on that same screen should be a button or link for "Add more tax breaks" or "Show more tax breaks" or similar wording. When clicked, then the screen should expand, and all the deduction topics are displayed including "Estimates and Other Taxes Paid." Then that topic can be expanded further to get the subtopic Estimated Tax Payments.

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