I made UT estimated tax prepayments in 2025. I can't enter them in TurboTax. In past years this was available. How do I add them so they appear on TC-40 line 27?

[janica.schmuck]

I spent hours working through the automatic questions Turbo Tax asks for my Utah state tax return and read the questions in the system over and over. I asked for AI help within Turbo Tax, with no success as it gives me solutions that don't exist. There is no space to enter Utah tax prepayments I made in 2025. I assume even asking a tax expert for help won't solve my issue. I don't want to lose all my progress and need to file manually just because Turbo Tax doesn't let me do this. I'm self employed and filing jointly with my spouse.

[mesquitebean]

You appear to be using Online TurboTax, so that's what my answer is geared toward.

It's nonintuitive, but the state estimated tax payments you made are entered on the Federal side of the interview.  In Online TurboTax, here's a tool that should get you directly to the estimated tax payments section.  I've also provided an alternate navigation method in a comment that follows this one.

• With the return open, go to the left menu column and click on TAX TOOLS, then the subtab TOOLS.
• In the Tools Center choose the blue button Topic Search.
• In the topic search line enter the phrase estimated tax payments without quotes.
• Make the selection in the list (it may already be highlighted), and either double-click it or click the GO button.
• Next screen is Estimates and Other Income Taxes Paid.
• Expand the section Estimated Tax Payments.
• Choose the appropriate category and tax year you are reporting (Federal, state, local) and click START or Revisit.

NOTE:  Before filing, make sure your Federal estimated tax payments correctly show on the Federal Form 1040, Line 26, and that any state estimated tax payments show up on your state return.

[mesquitebean · Accepted solution]

This is for Online TurboTax.

I provided the shortcut method above to go directly to the estimated taxes entry section.   If you want to use regular navigation, here's how.  So between the 2 methods, you should be able to use one or both of them.

When you click in the left column tab for Deductions & Credits, it may take you to a page called "Your Tax Breaks".   That shows the "Tax Breaks", i.e., deductions, that someone has already worked on this year or that TurboTax is expecting from what was entered last year.   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.  Then you can choose the category for state estimated payments.

NOTE: Before filing, make sure your Federal estimated tax payments correctly show on the Federal Form 1040, Line 26, and that any state estimated tax payments show up on your state return.

[mesquitebean]

@ janica.schmuck   asked:  "How do I add them so they appear on TC-40 line 27?"

You wrote "Line 27."  You should double-check that line number.    I'm not familiar with a Utah return, but I just quickly looked at an image search, and it appears to me that UT state estimated payments made on prepayment coupon TC-546 would be reported on Line 34 of the 2025 TC-40.   So after you enter them using the steps I provided above, see if they show up on the UT TC-40, Line 34.

[janica.schmuck]

This is the solution. Thank you so much! I wish the turbotax AI would have given me such a great response, instead of keep me going in circles within the state taxes section. 

[mesquitebean]

You're welcome.  I'm glad it worked for you and that it beat the AI.  😀   Good luck.