Tax Balance dues not taken out timely

[jamessite]

I have had a few clients contact me about not having their IRS balance due or state balance due taken out on the date indicated on the tax return. I even had a client send me a letter from NY State claiming the payment was not made and added interest to the balance due. It was efiled and ACCEPTED by NY State on March 22. The date for removal was April 1 and still, the client did not have IRS or NY State taxes withheld. I confirmed with the client that the bank account was correct and sent the client the NY State efile acceptance. Is anyone else having this problem?

[Jim-from-Ohio]

For direct debits, I've seen a couple day lag before but not a lag of 21 days. Checks in the mail though I have seen delays of weeks and weeks. 

[Skylane]

First, I’d confirm my entries are correct. The only errors I’ve had with IRS or NY automatic withdrawals have been self-inflicted.

Finding none, I’d call tech support. They have additional records about the electronic filings.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

If neither of them were pulled, Id have to guess a routing or account number issue (did they give you the routing number for wire transfers by mistake or something like that?)....but personally, if Id had them scheduled for the 1st and noticed on the 5th they still hadnt been pulled, I would have called EFTPS to see what the problem was, then there were still 10 more days to make a timely payment.

[jamessite]

The client confirmed with me in person the routing and account numbers. I am more confused as to why they did not contact me when the balances were NOT taken out. It took a NY State letter for them to contact me.

[IRonMaN]

Maybe a stupid question, but did they have enough money in the account on the day the money was attempted to be yanked out?

[Accountant-Man]

I got an IRS notice that the estate owed the $105 plus interest, even though I had it debited from the bank. The next day I looked at the bank statement and it was debited, paid to "USA."

I sent a copy of the bank statement, and the account was corrected.

[PATAX]

Many similar posts about this issue on this forum and other forums. One of the reasons why I give them the payment vouchers and estimates and let them mail and pay it themselves. No client has ever complained.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

Bank of the West changed name  (they're BMO now) and their routing number near the end of 2023.  They are still accepting checks with the old routing number, however for direct debits/deposits, they wanted the new routing number.to be used. 

I had quite a few people that I had to enter the new routing number for, even though their old checks were still working.

[BobKamman]

Bank of the West was an American financial institution headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. It had more than 600 branches and offices in the Midwest and Western United States.

It was founded in 1874 in San Jose, California, as the Farmers National Gold Bank of San Jose. Bank of the West was then owned by the French banking group BNP from 1979 to 2023. The acquisition of Bank of the West by the Canadian banking group Bank of Montreal (BMO) was completed in February 2023, with the intention of absorbing it into BMO's U.S. subsidiary BMO Harris Bank. Over the ensuing Labor Day weekend, the Bank of the West brand was retired, and all accounts and branches from both subsidiaries were converted and merged into the renamed BMO Bank, N.A. by September 5.