Where do I enter my estimated tax payments?

[mesquitebean]

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.
• Use the subtopic 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 Form 1040, Line 26, and that any state estimated tax payments (if applicable) show up on your state return.

[mesquitebean]

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.

EDITED 3/30/2026 at 2:45 PM Pacific.   The menu appearance has changed in a product update.  There is now an additional step when using this navigation method.  The paragraph below now includes the updated navigation.

When you click in the left column tab for Deductions & Credits, in the dropdown menu choose the subtab Deductions & Credits Summary.  It should then take you to a page called "Your Tax Breaks".  (The Summary and "Your Tax Breaks" page are the same page.)   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.

[briggstn67]

First method works, second does not; no "My tax breaks" in pulldown. Furthermore the official TurboTax help (https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-payments/enter-estimated-tax-payment...) is entirely incorrect. 

Took me an hour to do what previously took 10 minutes at most.

[mesquitebean]

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@ briggstn67 wrote:

First method works, second does not; no "My tax breaks" in pulldown.

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I'm glad the first method worked for you.  In regard to the second method, they have changed the appearance of the dropdown menu in the last couple of weeks and added another tab.   Now in the dropdown menu you will see a subtab for "Deductions & Credits Summary."   Then that tab is what takes you to the "Your Tax Breaks" page.   The Summary page and the "My Tax Breaks" page are the same page.   Then one can look there for "Add more tax breaks" to see a full list of deduction topics.  I'll revise the second method above with that additional step.   Thanks!