For those of you that owe Federal taxes, are you sending

[KewlKat]

a check or paying online?

I’m worried that a check may lie around awhile or get lost if the IRS is short staffed or has further reductions and thought maybe online might be a better paper trail, I.e., credit card transaction.

What are you doing?

[RoadRunner]

1. Paid mine online

Along with the electronic filing.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Mine was auto-deducted along with my 1Qtr estimated taxes.

[kimbutgar]

3. I am writing the check today and mailing

As long as it’s postmarked before April 15th. Already filed electronically and it was accepted.

[av8rdave]

4. I pay online, though

It does concern me that Musk and his merry band of Nazis will eventually infiltrate the IRS database and have access to my personal banking information. Unfortunately I’ve paid online for years, so the IRS has had that info for a long time.

Water under the bridge, I guess.

As I recall, the IRS charges a pretty stiff fee for using credit cards.

[snowybirdie]

5. Pay online

A few years ago, I paid by check and they never recorded it. Finally this year they caught it. A pain to straighten it out.

[EYESORE 9001]

6. I'm writing a check

And I’m not mailing it until 23:55 on the eve of filing deadline. IDGAF how long it takes to get there.

[LogDog75]

7. I paid online

I tried the H&R Block online program and it came up with a figure I owed. I always set it aside and come back a few days later to review it and it said I owed more than the first time. So I went to the local H&R Block office and had them do it and it came up nearly $4,000 less than what the online program said. Although I paid a couple hundred dollars for it it still saved me thousands. Both California and the IRS have accepted my payments.

[JohnSJ]

8. Send a check, by certified mail.

[Native]

9. I am paying mine online. No way in hell I am taking a chance with our mail system.

Especially now that they feel they can send anyone they they want to El Salvador. I want immediate confirmation that my payment has been received, and the only way I will get that is with an online payment. It just pisses me off to no end that this year we are paying more than we have ever paid before and that money will simply wind up lining the pockets of billionaires.

[Solly Mack]

10. Auto-deducted.

[MichMan]

11. Pay online

I always have to pay something every year. At least it's quite a bit less than it used to be before the standard deduction was increased in 2017.

[SCantiGOP]

12. Only pay online !!

My CPA said he had at least 5 clients who have had their checks stolen from the mail and “washed,” meaning someone changes the name on the check and then cashes or deposits it.
Any envelope addressed to IRS or a State Dept of Revenue is targeted.
And online paying is easy and requires no account to be set up; simply pay by credit card (with a fee) or have it drafted from your bank account.

[KewlKat]

13. Thank you everyone. Will do it online.

[PCB66]

14. I have been using FreeTaxUSA

Very easy to use and can file electronically with direct deposit.

[soldierant]

15. This is a hypothetical for me, I am in an income limbo where I never owe anything and never get a redund.

But I think I would rather have them have my credit card informayion than my checking account information.

A credit card company can quickly change my number, my Expiry, and my CVV. A Bank could, I presume, change my account number - but the bank routing number in the checks could not be changed unless I changed banks.

[KewlKat]

16. Agree! Thanks for your thoughts.