If you know you; re going to owe, go ahead and make a 4th
quarter estimated tax payment before the year is over so you don't lose the deduction.
If you know that you normally owe state income taxes, but you don't normally make estimated payments, you can still make a 4th
quarter estimated tax payment this year.
I don't know how the $ 400 figure you quote was arrived at, but I would suspect that if you have any investment income through mutual funds at all, you both would be better off requesting to have taxes withheld at the «Married but withhold as if I were a single person» rate so as to avoid a penalty for paying too little tax or having to scrabble to make a 4th
quarter Estimated Tax Payment once the mutual funds make their annual distributions in December.
Not exact matches
Estimated taxes for the first
quarter of 2018 are also due on April 17, marking the first of four
payment deadlines (see chart below).
Then, you need to make quarterly
estimated tax payments... Starting with the first
quarter, the due dates are April 15, June 15, September 15, and January 15 (of the next year).
With certain types of income, you have to make
estimated payments against what you owe in
taxes every
quarter.
Current - year option: Pay one -
quarter of your
estimated tax owing for the current year for each of the four
payments.
I have W2
tax withheld and also some 1099 work, so I make
estimated payments each
quarter on that income.
Suggestion 1: In a year that you have to pay the AMT, don't bother prepaying real estate or fourth -
quarter state
estimated tax payments in December.
If you already make
estimated tax payments, you might have noticed that your 4th
quarter payment isn't due until January 15th of 2018.
If you make
estimated tax payments, your fourth
quarter payment isn't due until January 15th.
You are also required to make quarterly
estimated tax payments during the year and failure to do so will net you fine + interest on
taxes not paid by the due date for the
quarter in which they are earned.
For those paying quarterly
estimated taxes, you can make 2
payments per
quarter as well as 2
payments for your annual
payment.
The simplest method for calculating
estimated tax payments is to divide your prior year's
tax liability by four and pay that amount in each
quarter.
Further, if you reduce your fourth -
quarter payment to prevent overpaying, you may lose the penalty protection provided by using the short method technique and be subject to a penalty for one of the previous
quarters where you earned income requiring a higher
estimated tax payment than was made.