1st time tax payment

[tvlmm]

DD owes taxes this year.

How the heck do I pay them online when it requires a previous year to verify identity?

Any ideas??

TIA

[jwright]

What software are you using to prepare the return? Usually you can enter banking information for electronic withdrawal in the program. If it asks for prior year AGI, you can enter zero per the IRS website.

A lot of people still pay by check although the processing time is longer, and it makes me nervous given the backlogs and confusion at the IRS.

[tvlmm]

I have someone do my taxes and I always pay on irs.gov for myself. This is the 1st time that a minor owes taxes.

[kadams767]

Apr 29, 2024 11:30:17 GMT -5 tvlmm said:

I have someone do my taxes and I always pay on irs.gov for myself. This is the 1st time that a minor owes taxes.

I am pretty sure that when you go to enter the payment, though, that previous poster is still correct and can just enter $0 for the prior year as part of the identification.

[sent]

You can still pay with a check in case the online thing doesn't work this year.

[jwright]

Apr 29, 2024 11:30:17 GMT -5 tvlmm said:

I have someone do my taxes and I always pay on irs.gov for myself. This is the 1st time that a minor owes taxes.

So give the person doing your taxes the banking info to do an electronic withdrawal; the preparer should handle this.

[quesyrah]

Apr 29, 2024 11:30:17 GMT -5 tvlmm said:

I have someone do my taxes and I always pay on irs.gov for myself. This is the 1st time that a minor owes taxes.

If they prepared the minor’s taxes they should be able to set up the payment