I FILED FOR EXTENSION AND PAID $275 NOW FILED AND PAID TAX DUE AND WAS ACCEPTED CAN I GET THE $275 EXTENSION FEE BACK

[acorvair]

HOW DO I GET MY $275 EXTENSION FEE REFUNDED

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

Did you enter that payment into your tax return?

When you requested your extension you were supposed to pay your estimated tax due.  Did you enter the payment you made into your tax return?  Go to Federal>Deductions and Credits>Estimates and Other Taxes Paid>Other Income Taxes 

[VolvoGirl]

If your extension payment did not automatically show up on 1040 Schedule 5 line 71 which goes to 1040 line 17 you need to enter it.  So make sure it's not already there before you enter it!

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

[Critter]

If you have already filed and accidentally paid twice then just sit tight ... this is an error the IRS usually catches and corrects automatically.