Additionally,
joint estimated payments are NOT always split 50/50.
Paying
joint estimated payments does not mean you have to file a joint return.
Not exact matches
You can't make
joint estimated tax
payments if you and your spouse have different tax years (a rare circumstance).
Based on its analysis of over 600,000
joint - applicant securitized mortgages made from 2003 to 2015, the Fed
estimates couples subject to the minimum FICO rule could have reduced their annual interest
payment by $ 220 to $ 1,400 had they let the person with better credit apply solo.
You can avoid an underpayment penalty if withholding or
estimated payments equal at least 90 % of your tax liability for the current year, or 100 % of your tax liability for the previous year (or 110 % if your income was more than $ 150,000 for singles and married
joint filers).
If the pro forma
joint return results in a balance due and this is unsatisfactory to you, you can increase your withholding by filing new Forms W - 4 or by making
estimated tax
payments to cover the expected balance due.