IRS Topic Map. Generally, a corporation must file its income tax return by the 15th day of the 3rd month after the end of its tax year. Underpayment of Taxes - Personal Returns - How to Avoid Penalties - Dreaded 'Spiky Income' By Ron Cohen, CPA, MST Partner Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen & Co., LLP. DEFINITION of 'Annualized Income Installment Method' A method through which a taxpayer may reduce or eliminate any estimated tax underpayment penalty owed.
Publication 5. 05 (2. Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax. If you did not pay enough tax, either through withholding or by making timely estimated tax payments, you will have underpaid. You may understand this chapter better if you can refer to a copy of your latest federal income tax return.
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No penalty. Generally, you will not have to pay a penalty for 2. The total of your withholding and timely estimated tax payments was at least as much as your 2.
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See Special rules for certain individuals for higher income taxpayers and farmers and fishermen.). The tax balance due on your 2. Your total tax for 2. You did not have a tax liability for 2. You did not have any withholding taxes and your current year tax (less any household employment taxes) is less than $1,0. IRS can figure the penalty for you. If you think you owe the penalty, but you do not want to figure it yourself when you file your tax return, you may.
Generally, the IRS will figure the penalty for you and send you a bill. You only need to figure your penalty in the following three situations. You are requesting a waiver of part, but not all, of the penalty. You are using the annualized income installment method to figure the penalty. You are treating the federal income tax withheld from your income as paid on the dates actually withheld. However, if these situations do not apply to you, and you think you can lower or eliminate your penalty, complete Form 2. Form 2. 21. 0- F and attach it to your return.
See Form 2. 21. 0. Topics - This chapter discusses.
The general rule for the underpayment penalty,Special rules for certain individuals,Exceptions to the underpayment penalty,How to figure your underpayment and the amount of your penalty on Form 2. How to ask the IRS to waive the penalty. Useful Items - You may want to see.
If the IRS approves a change in your tax year or you are required to change your tax year, you must figure the tax and file your return for the short tax period. The total of your withholding and timely estimated tax payments was at least as much as your 2014 tax. (See Special rules for certain individuals for higher income taxpayers and farmers and fishermen.).
Form (and Instructions) 2. Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Individuals, Estates, and Trusts 2. F Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Farmers and Fishermen.
In general, you may owe a penalty for 2. Your 2. 01. 4 tax return must cover a 1.
Your 2. 01. 5 tax, for this purpose, is defined under Total tax for 2. Special rules for certain individuals. There are special rules for farmers and fishermen and certain higher income taxpayers.
Farmers and fishermen. If at least two- thirds of your gross income for 2. See Farmers and Fishermen.
Higher income taxpayers. If your AGI for 2. General Rule. This rule does not apply to farmers or fishermen. For 2. 01. 4, AGI is the amount shown on Form 1. Form 1. 04. 0A, line 2.
Form 1. 04. 0EZ, line 4. Penalty figured separately for each period. Because the penalty is figured separately for each payment period, you may owe a penalty for an earlier payment period. This is true even if you are due a refund when you file your income. Example. You did not make estimated tax payments for 2.
Early in. January 2. Then you realized that your withholding was $2,0. On January 1. 0, you made an estimated tax payment of $3,0. Your final return shows your total tax to be $5.
You do not owe a penalty for your payment due January 1. However, you may owe a penalty through January 1.
Minimum required each period. You will owe a penalty for any 2. Your 2. 01. 4 tax return must cover a 1.
Minimum required for higher income taxpayers. If you are subject to the rule for higher income taxpayers, discussed above, substitute 2. General Rule. When penalty is charged. If you miss a payment or you paid less than the minimum required in a period, you may be charged an underpayment.
If a payment is mailed, the date of the U. S. postmark. is considered the date of payment. If a payment is made electronically, the date the payment is shown on your payment account (checking, savings, etc.). Estate or trust payments of estimated tax. If you have estimated taxes credited to you from an estate or trust (Schedule K- 1 (Form 1. January 1. 5, 2. 01.
Amended returns. If you file an amended return by the due date of your original return, use the tax shown on your amended return to. If you file an amended return after the due date of the original return, use. However, if you and your spouse file a joint return after the due date to replace separate returns you originally.
This rule applies. If you file a joint return with your spouse for 2. You filed a separate return if you filed as single, head of household, or. If you file a separate return for 2. You are filing a separate return if you file as single, head of household, or married. To figure your share of the taxes on a joint return, first figure the tax both you and your spouse would have paid.
Then multiply the tax on the joint return. The tax you would have paid had you filed a separate return The total tax you and your spouse would have paid had you filed separate returns. Example. Lisa and Paul filed a joint return for 2. Of the $4. 9,0. 00 taxable. Lisa's and the rest was Paul's. For 2. 01. 5, they file married filing separately. Lisa figures her share.
Total$ 6,9. 16. Lisa's percentage of total tax ($6,1. Lisa's part of tax on joint return ($6,4. Form 2. 21. 0. In most cases, you do not need to file Form 2. The IRS will figure the penalty for you and send you a bill. If. you want us to figure the penalty for you, leave the penalty line on your return blank.
Do not file Form 2. To determine if you should file Form 2. Part II of Form 2. If you decide to figure your penalty, complete. Part I, Part II, and either Part III or Part IV of the form and the Penalty Worksheet in the Instructions for Form 2. If. you use Form 2. Form 1. 04. 0EZ. On Form 1.
If you owe tax on line 7. If you are due a refund, subtract the penalty from the overpayment and enter the. On Form 1. 04. 0A, enter the amount of your penalty on line 5. If you owe tax on line 5. If you are due a refund, subtract the penalty from the overpayment and enter the. Lowering or eliminating the penalty.
You may be able to lower or eliminate your penalty if you file Form 2. You must file Form 2.
You request a waiver. See Waiver of Penalty. You use the annualized income installment method. See the explanation of this method under Annualized Income Installment Method (Schedule AI). You use your actual withholding for each payment period for estimated tax purposes. See Actual withholding method under Figuring Your Underpayment (Part IV, Section A). You base any of your required installments on the tax shown on your 2.
Generally, you do not have to pay an underpayment penalty if either: Your total tax is less than $1,0. You had no tax liability last year. You do not owe a penalty if the total tax shown on your return minus the amount you paid through withholding (including excess. RRTA) tax withholding) is less than $1,0. Total tax for 2. 01.
For 2. 01. 5, your total tax on Form 1. Unreported social security and Medicare tax or RRTA tax from Forms 4.
Any tax included on line 5. IRA, Archer MSA, Coverdell education savings account, health savings. ABLE account or any tax on excess accumulations in qualified retirement plans.
The following write- ins on line 6. Uncollected social security and Medicare tax or RRTA tax on tips or group- term life insurance,Tax on excess golden parachute payments,Excise tax on insider stock compensation from an expatriated corporation,Look- back interest due under section 1. Look- back interest due under section 4. Recapture of federal mortgage subsidy. Additional tax on advance payments of health coverage tax credit when not eligible.
Any shared responsibility payment on line 6. Any refundable credit amounts listed on lines 6. Form 8. 88. 5 included on line 7.
Note. When figuring the amount on line 6. If you filed Form 1. A, your 2. 01. 5 total tax is the amount on line 3. If you filed Form 1. EZ, your 2. 01. 5 total tax is the amount on line 1. Paid through withholding.
For 2. 01. 5, the amount you paid through withholding on Form 1. RRTA tax withholding on line 7. Add to that any write- in amount on line 7. Form 8. 68. 9.” On Form 1. A, the amount you paid through withholding is the amount on line 4. RRTA tax withholding included on line 4. On Form 1. 04. 0EZ, it is the amount on line 7.
No Tax Liability Last Year. You do not owe a penalty if you had no tax liability last year and you were a U. S. citizen or resident for the whole year. For this rule to apply, your tax year must have included all 1. You had no tax liability for 2.
Example. Ray, who is single and 2. He earned $6,7. 00 in wages before he was.
He had no other income. Even though he had gross. He filed a return only to have his withheld income tax refunded to him. In 2. 01. 5, Ray began regular work as an independent contractor. Ray made no estimated tax payments in 2.
Even though he did. Ray does not owe the underpayment penalty for 2.
Total tax for 2. 01. For 2. 01. 4, your total tax on Form 1.
Unreported social security and Medicare tax or RRTA tax from Forms 4. Any tax included on line 5.
IRAs, Archer MSAs, Coverdell education savings accounts, and health. The following write- ins on line 6.
Uncollected social security and Medicare tax or RRTA tax on tips or group- term life insurance,Tax on excess golden parachute payments,Excise tax on insider stock compensation from an expatriated corporation,Look- back interest due under section 1. Look- back interest due under section 4. Recapture of federal mortgage subsidy, and. Additional tax on advance payments of health coverage tax credit when not eligible.
Any refundable credit amounts listed on lines 6. If you filed Form 1. A, your 2. 01. 4 total tax is the amount on line 3.
If you filed Form 1. EZ, your 2. 01. 4 total tax is the amount on line 1. Figuring Your Required Annual Payment (Part I). Figure your required annual payment in Part I of Form 2.
If you rounded the entries. Form 2. 21. 0. Example. The tax on Lori Lane's 2. Her AGI was not more than $1.
The tax on her. 2. Form 1. 04. 0, line 5. Line 5. 7 (self- employment tax) is $8,9. Her 2. 01. 5 total tax is $2. For 2. 01. 5, Lori had $1,6. Because she paid less than her 2.
Lori knows that she owes a penalty for underpayment of estimated tax. The IRS will figure the penalty for Lori.