I filed for the first time this year. I want to make estimated tax payments for 2022. IRS DirectPay requires entering Tax Year for Verification and only option is 2020

[kati450427]

https://directpay.irs.gov/directpay/payment?execution=e1s2 or the app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/directpay/id1437707340 both require :The Tax Year for Verification" and the only option available in the dropdown is 2020 which I don't have because I filed for the first time this year.  How can I make direct estimated tax payments online?

[mesquitebean]

This is what I see when I go through the steps at the IRS Direct Pay website.  I don't use the Apple apps thing.

On the verification field it shows me a dropdown menu showing 2016-2020.   It wants you to use info from a prior return to verify, and allows you to choose a tax year that you have filed in the past.  Are you only seeing 2020 and don't have the choice of 2016-2019?  ( I realize that none of those years apply to you as a first-time filer.)

In any case, I don't see a way around that if 2021 was your first year to file a return.   It looks like Direct Pay requires a past return in order to verify, and it's not yet showing 2021 returns as a possibility in that menu, since they don't have a database for 2021 returns yet.

[mesquitebean]

I also found this sentence on the Direct Pay website:

"The current tax year does not become available until after filing season is over, so you should choose a prior year as your Tax Year for Verification."

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@kati450427 

To make estimated tax payments get the Forms 1040-ES from the IRS website.

follow the instructions.

OR

sign up with www.EFTPS.gov.

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