The IRS is launching a special campaign starting today to help specific groups of taxpayers avoid an estimated tax penalty by paying the right amount of tax all year. We’re sharing information to help wage earners, retirees, small business owners and self-employed individuals meet the upcoming Sept. 17 deadline for quarterly estimated tax payments. We’ll also encourage these taxpayers to perform a Paycheck Checkup.
The IRS is holding a webinar on estimated taxes and withholding on Sept. 11, 2018 for tax professionals and industry partners.
Information for Partners to share with members, clients or employees through their website, emails, newsletters or other channels:
New FAQs on estimated taxes and penalty for underpayment of estimated taxes.
- News releases. The two releases mentioned below are in English and Spanish on our Tax Reform News page as they’re issued. We have two more releases for next week that we will share at a later time.
Thursday, Sept. 6: Wage earners (news release, tax tip, drop-in)
Friday, Sept. 7: Retirees, pension recipients (news release, tax tip, drop-in)
- Tax Reform Tax Tips. The following topics will be posted on the Tax Reform Resources page.
September 10: Here’s how and when to pay estimated taxes
September 11: Employees with other sources of income should do a Paycheck Checkup
September 12: Taxpayers should find out if they need to make estimated or additional tax payments
September 13: Retirees with pension income should do a Paycheck Checkup ASAP
- Drop-in articles will be posted to the Tax Reform Resources page.
Social media
- Images, GIFs and tweets/posts are available for you to use on your own social media accounts.
- Retweet #PaycheckCheckup info and more from the IRS’s Twitter accounts:
- @IRSnews– IRS news and tips for the public
- @IRStaxpros– IRS information for tax professionals
- @IRSenEspanol– IRS news and tips in Spanish
- YouTube videos
- How to Use the Withholding Calculator for Paycheck Checkup: English
- Paycheck Checkup: English| Spanish | ASL
- IRS Withholding Calculator Tips: English| Spanish
- Do I Need to Fill Out a New W-4?: English| Spanish | ASL
Other resources and general information
- Publication 5303, Paycheck Checkup, is in English and Spanish on our Resources page.
- Bookmark the IRS’s Tax Reform page on IRS.gov for the latest on tax reform topics.
- You can subscribe now to IRS Tax Tips to get the IRS’s Tax Reform Tax Tips.
