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The underpayment penalty has nothing to do with the Standard deduction. It is only based on the amount of tax you owe, and when it was paid.
Did you have taxes withheld from all of your other sources of income?
If you didn't, and you owe over $1,000, you will have an underpayment penalty.
The underpayment penalty will be assessed if any of these apply:
To avid the under payment penalty:
"Typically, underpayment penalties are 5% of the underpaid amount, and they're capped at 25%.
Underpaid taxes also accrue interest at a rate that the IRS sets annually."
To avoid this situation it is recommended that you adjust your W-4 with your employer or pay estimated taxes.
Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Individuals Penalty
On your 1040 line 38? That's not for filing or paying late. And is not about last year. If you do not pay in enough tax from withholding and estimates, you may have to pay a penalty for underpayment of estimated tax. Even if you are getting a refund you can still owe a penalty for not paying in evenly during the year. Generally, most taxpayers will avoid this penalty if they owe less than $1,000 in tax after subtracting their withholdings and credits, or if they paid at least 90% of the tax for the current year, or 100% of the tax shown on the return for the prior year, whichever is smaller. It is included in your tax due or reduces your refund.
You might be able to eliminate it or at least reduce it. You can go to Federal Taxes tab or Personal tab, under Other Tax Situations and select Start by the Underpayment Penalties. You will answer a series of questions that may reduce or eliminate the penalty. Or you can elect to have the IRS figure the penalty for you. It's form 2210.
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