How to Make a Payment to the IRS

Here are the steps to making a payment to the IRS for the current tax year. Watch the video above for an in-depth step by step guide.

Visit https://www.irs.gov/payments/direct-pay

1. Choose pay now with from the Direct Pay page.

2. Under reason for payment, choose the “Balance Due”.

3. Under Apply Payment to, choose the income tax form 1040.

4. Under Tax Period for Payment choose the current tax year.

5. Click continue through until you are asked to verify your identity.

6. Under Tax Year for Verification choose the most recent year.

7. Fill out your information based on the year you chose for Tax Year Verification from Step 6 above. If you have moved since that year be sure to input the address you used when you filed in that tax year, not your current address.

8. Click continue. It will verify your information and take you to the payment page where you can make your payment.