Taxes: Making payments

If you're signed up for our electronic services 

1. Go here.
   (Or choose Taxes & Forms > Pay Taxes.)
2. For the tax you want to pay, click Create Payment.

   If the tax you want to pay no longer appears on the Pay Taxes page, see recording a tax payment for a prior tax period.

3. Choose a payment date.

   • Earliest means the next available payment date. Tax payments take two business days to process, so the next available payment date is two business days from the date you approve this tax payment (and you must approve the payment by 5 pm PT).
   • Other allows you to specify a date in the future to make the payment. The date must be at least two business days from today’s date (and, of course, you must approve the payment by 5 pm PT).
   • Latest means that we'll process the payment to deposit on the actual due date for the tax payment.
4. Click Approve.You must submit all electronic tax payments no later than 5 pm PT two banking days before the payment date.
   • Electronic federal tax payment: The IRS directly withdraws the funds from your bank account on the payment date.
   • Electronic state tax payment: Electronic processing times can vary from state to state. For most states, you must approve e-payments by 5 pm PT, two banking days before the payment date. Others require approval three or five banking days before the payment date.
     
     our payroll service reminds you when your payment is due, so be sure to check your our payroll service To Do list and your email reminders for the e-payment cutoff date and time.
5. To verify your tax payment: Go here.
   (Or choose Reports and then under Employer Reports, click Tax Payments.)

If you're not signed up for our electronic services 

• For federal tax payments, the IRS requires that you e-pay, so if you're not signed up for our electronic services, sign up directly with the IRS Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS). With EFTPS, you approve the payment, and the IRS automatically withdraws the funds from your account.
• If you're not using e-services for state tax payments, we provide pre-filled payment coupons in some cases after you approve the payments. If pre-filled coupons aren't available, you're responsible for getting the payment coupon from the tax agency, filling it out, and mailing it to the agency with your payment. In some jurisdictions, you can make the payments directly on the state agency's website.