1040 ES

[ajcpa]

Today is the middle of February and Form 1040 ES are not final yet.   The IRS published new mailing addresses for estimated payments months ago and Intuit has not figured out to make a simple update.   Users have no ability to change the form.   

Maybe Intuit can get it corrected by mid year.   So much for professional marketed product in a year that had overall few changes.  

We deserve better.  

[abctax55]

https://accountants.intuit.com/community/lacerte-tax-discussions/discussion/wrong-address-for-1040-e...

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

great time to get people used to paying online, IRS may not be accepting checks much longer anyhow.

[Skylane]

I've been directing clients to IRS and State direct pay for a few years. Most are compliant... for the seniors who are not capable, I generally set up make automatic ES payments through PS.  

[tjobracken]

Same issue here...have clients who prefer to pay by check regardless of mine or anyone else's opinions.  Anyone heard an ETA on when we can expect this to be ready? 

[ajcpa]

On-line for elderly clients does not work.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

You can schedule them right in the software, or at least the first one, then you can send the rest of the vouchers once they're finalized.

FWIW IRS just recently posted the finalized form on their website, then the software companies have to get their version approved.

[ajcpa]

Other than arranging for a direct debit for the balance due, I am not taking responsibilities for arranging for payment of client estimated taxes.   I tried it a number of years ago, and two payments were not made, never received an error message, so now, I do not agree to take on the responsibility.   

For a lot of older taxpayers, they prefer to write a check.   They have been do so for many years and trying to get everyone to make online payments is challenging for this group.   I understand, many younger taxpayers do not even have checks anymore.  

[garman22]

I actually agree. Many of my clients are elderly and they will panic if we set up auto payments. I will await ES vouchers but it really should not take them long to get them ready but this is intuit so..........patience.

[IRonMaN]

Personally, I have enough trouble with clients trying to figure out where to sign an 8879 when you have a "sign here" sticky on the line.  Trying to get them to figure out how to make deposits electronically is like trying to explain nuclear fusion to a drunk squirrel.  And I don't really have a lot of faith in ProSeries that all four estimates that you can setup in the software are ever going to clear the launch pad.  Until someone in the Treasury personally calls me and tells me I can't do it, I am going to keep on preparing estimate vouchers for my clients.  Oh yeah, I almost forgot ------ CAGMC. 

[Frustrated-in-IL]

Hey, as someone who generously shares his Fireball with the neighborhood squirrels in exchange for tax assistance in filling out Schedule F, I kind of resent you denigrating drunk squirrels!

More to the point, I am afraid my elderly clients may not be around next tax season so I am reluctant to set up the automatic payments.  I do not want to have to deal with anxious relatives wanting me to somehow stop the auto payments.

I encourage my clients to go online and make payments but I still provide the vouchers.  I have stopped providing envelopes.