This year the IRS sent me Form 1040-ES (OCR) for my estimated payments; what does OCR signify and why the change from 1040-ES used in the past?

[AnthonyC · Accepted solution]

It stands for Form 1040-ES (Optical Character Recognition).

There is no difference in the actual form or its use from Form 1040-ES.  It is just a more easily readable version of the form for the IRS system to ensure better processing.  There should be a special scan line on the form and it is pre-coded with your information with the IRS system to read.

[nuxclass]

Does IRS send automatically Form 1040-ES? I never received it before.