我不喜欢缴estimated tax 问了一下chatGPT "If you didn't pay enough tax throughout the year, either through withholding or by making estimated tax payments, you may have to pay a penalty for underpayment of estimated tax. However, you can avoid the penalty if you owe less than $1,000 in tax after subtracting your withholding and credits, or if you paid at least 90% of the tax for the current year, or 100% of the tax shown on the return for the prior year, whichever is smaller. There is also a special rule for higher income taxpayers. If your adjusted gross income (AGI) for the prior year was more than $150,000 ($75,000 if your filing status for the prior year was married filing separately), you must pay either 90% of the tax for the current year or 110% of the tax shown on the return for the prior year, whichever is smaller, to avoid an estimated tax penalty." (Source: IRS Publication 505)
这是常规操作？ 多年来都自己用turbo tax之类的报税，也没有交过estimated tax什么的
常规，避免你来年因为没有预交够而罚款
不是可以通过EFTPS，自动从账户扣钱吗
是的。。。
"If you didn't pay enough tax throughout the year, either through withholding or by making estimated tax payments, you may have to pay a penalty for underpayment of estimated tax. However, you can avoid the penalty if you owe less than $1,000 in tax after subtracting your withholding and credits, or if you paid at least 90% of the tax for the current year, or 100% of the tax shown on the return for the prior year, whichever is smaller.
There is also a special rule for higher income taxpayers. If your adjusted gross income (AGI) for the prior year was more than $150,000 ($75,000 if your filing status for the prior year was married filing separately), you must pay either 90% of the tax for the current year or 110% of the tax shown on the return for the prior year, whichever is smaller, to avoid an estimated tax penalty." (Source: IRS Publication 505)
前段时间在华人上看到有人说她曾经只年底交了一次大的estimated tax，也不行，好像还是被罚款了，所以最好一年4次均匀交。我错过今年一季度的了，打算均匀的交下面3个季度的estimated tax。
我想她应该是current year withholdings plus estimated tax <110% of prior year tax