Where to record direct IRS tax payment made in April when filing now?

[learning_about_taxes]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently preparing to file my federal tax return using TurboTax, but I have a question about recording a payment I already made.

In April, I directly paid my estimated taxes due to the IRS via their website. Now that I'm going through the TurboTax workflow, it's showing that I still need to make a payment, as it doesn't have any record of my previous direct payment to the IRS.

Could anyone please suggest which specific section or step within the TurboTax portal I should use to input these payments I already made directly to the IRS? My goal is to ensure my final forms accurately reflect this payment, so my return shows no remaining balance due and, ideally, indicates that I've overpaid and am due a refund from the IRS.

Any guidance on how to correctly reflect this in TurboTax would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[VolvoGirl]

When you paid what description did you select for the payment?   It would probably be a payment with an extension to file.

To enter the amount you paid with an extension (including state extension)  go to

Federal Taxes (or Personal for desktop H&B version)

Deductions and Credits

Then scroll way down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid

Other Income Taxes - Click the Start or Update button

Next page second section Payments with Extension

Either Visit All or Click Start or Update by the extension you paid

If you selected to pay an estimated payment in April that would be for a payment for next year’s 2025 tax return and not your 2024 tax due.   The last estimated payment for 2024 was due Jan 15.   

[learning_about_taxes]

Thanks for your reply. When I paid the taxes on the IRS portal, I have selected the following:

Tax Year & Type: 2024 Income Tax

Would this be considered for 2024 or 2025?

[VolvoGirl]

If you selected Balance Due in the first box for the reason there really isn’t a place to enter that.   I think you select you will mail a check and mentally subtract the payment to see if you still have a balance due.  

[learning_about_taxes]

Please dont consider my response as an argument. I am trying to understand the process and also it might help someone in future. 

This is what I did on IRS website.

1. Login to IRS portal usind ID.me account

2. Clicked "Make a Payment" under Payments located at bottom left corner

3. Then selected the following option shown in the screenshot.

I selected 2024 Income Tax