How to Find My IRS Estimated Taxes Paid
If taxes aren't being withheld from your wages by an employer and you have taxable income during the year, you need to make quarterly estimated tax payments. These payments are due by April 15, June 15, Sept. 15 and Jan. 15 of the following year. Given the length of time between payments, it is easy to lose track of when you must file and whether a payment has been made.
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How to Find My IRS Estimated Taxes Paid
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Review your bank statements and check registers. If you paid your quarterly estimated taxes by check, keep track of when you write the checks in your check register. You can then match the check numbers to your bank statements to verify that the checks have cleared. Add up the amounts of all checks that have cleared to determine how much estimated tax you have paid by check so far this year.
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Review your credit card statements. If you paid your quarterly estimated taxes with a credit card, check your statements around the time of the due dates to verify when the debits to your account were made. Total up these debits to find how much estimated tax you have paid by credit card. Add this sub-total to the amount from Step 1 to determine the total quarterly estimated taxes you have paid so far this year.
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Call the Internal Revenue Service. You can contact the IRS at 800-829-1040 and ask for a summary of your estimated tax payments. The IRS representative can give you the total amount you have paid and the dates paid. Unfortunately, you cannot obtain this information directly from the IRS website because payment information is not available online.
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Check with your accountant. If you use an accountant to file your taxes, you can call and verify when estimated tax payments were made and how much was paid.
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Tips & Warnings
The estimated tax payment due on Jan. 15 is not for the current tax year. It will probably be for a different amount than the other estimated payments you make during the year.
You are required to pay at least 90 percent of your estimated taxes owed by the end of the year or the IRS will assess a penalty.
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