always_learning
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I'm needing to make my first-ever estimated tax payment and want to be sure I understand things.
I see that I can use IRS Direct Pay or register for EFTPS to make a direct payment. We don't have an EFTPS account yet, so Direct Pay it is. Does anyone have any cautions or concerns about using the Direct pay option?
The payment will be the mid-five digits. Should I break it up into one smallish test payment first, of around $5,000 then send the rest after it goes through or is it safe/good enough to make the whole thing at one time? I'm thinking about user error or whatever, which is why I'm asking this. The only other time I have ever had to electronically send such a large amount of money was for a home down payment and that made me nervous, too. The first time when doing things like this is a bit scary.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts/advice.
I see that I can use IRS Direct Pay or register for EFTPS to make a direct payment. We don't have an EFTPS account yet, so Direct Pay it is. Does anyone have any cautions or concerns about using the Direct pay option?
The payment will be the mid-five digits. Should I break it up into one smallish test payment first, of around $5,000 then send the rest after it goes through or is it safe/good enough to make the whole thing at one time? I'm thinking about user error or whatever, which is why I'm asking this. The only other time I have ever had to electronically send such a large amount of money was for a home down payment and that made me nervous, too. The first time when doing things like this is a bit scary.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts/advice.