How to make an Estimated Payment to the IRS

Here are the steps to making an estimated payment to the IRS.

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

1. Click make a payment 

2. Under Reason for Payment, select “Estimated Tax”

3. Under Apply Payment to, select “1040ES”

4. Under Tax Period for Payment select your current tax year.

5. Click continue until you reach the page where it asks to verify you 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 choose your payment amount and make your payment.