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Should I pay estimated quarterly tax payments for current year?
My tax bill for 2015 was unusually high this year (around $9,000) due to the fact of the sale of my deceased brother's home (capital gains) and a small IRA ($30,000) that I cashed out. The IRS wants me to make estimated quarterly tax payments for this year (2016) based on this tax bill but those monies received were a one time thing and this year my tax bill will be back to normal. Can I just ignore these estimated tax payments? (I usually get a refund the other years.)
House was sold separate from the trust because of problems with trustee by court order.
8 Answers
- CarVolunteerLv 65 years ago
I think prepper has a point.
First, who sold the house? The estate? You would owe tax on it only if the house passed to you and then you sold it.
Second, it would be very unlikely that the estate (or you) would owe much if your brother died in 2014 or 2015 and the house, since it seems unlikely that you would actually have much of a profit after commissions.
The IRA, on the other, all by itself might push you into the 25% tax bracket ($7500) plus the $3000 penalty giving a tax bill on the IRA of up to $10,500.
Track your income for the year for each quarter to see how it matches 2015. You can even use form 1040-ES to calculate your expected income tax and then compare it to your withholding. If the withholding is keeping up with you projected tax, don't bother making estimated payments.
Edit: Who was the payee on the check? The estate? If there were assets not in the trust, not "payable on death", and not beneficiaries, as of IRAs or insurance policies, there had to be an estate. If there were legal problems with the trustee, you need a lawyer, not our guesses.
- card-ronLv 75 years ago
As long as you will not owe the IRS more than $1000 when you file your 2016 return next year, feel free to ignore the estimated quarterly payments.
- ?Lv 75 years ago
You have to pay the Estimated Payments or pay a penalty. Are you sure you handled the gains from your brother's home correctly. Did you use the basis at the time that you inherited it as the basis? Was it sold in his estate?
- JudyLv 75 years ago
Yes if you're sure you'll have enough, or close to enough, withheld to pay what you owe, you can ignore the quarterly payments.
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- troLv 75 years ago
you have to have paid in or withheld as least as much as your tax bill was last year, so whether you have it taken from your paycheck or by 1040ES you need to have paid in at least that amount
due to the unusual circumstances you may be over paying but it will be returned when you file if you don't owe it
of course, if you choose not to follow that rule, there could be penalties, and is that something you want to leave yourself open to
- ?Lv 75 years ago
your Brothers capital gains go on HIS tax return, not yours and any taxes paid on that would come from HIS estate, not your bank acct - if you don;t expect to have any one time big taxable events and your withholding tax will cover you liability for 2016, you don;t have to do anything - or send in $1 each quarter
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- ?Lv 75 years ago
no, fill out form 2210 (uneven income) to show you don't owe a penalty when you file your taxes