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 Taxes: Making payments.

3. Choose a payment date.
4. Click Approve.You must approve all electronic tax payments no later than 5 pm PT two banking days before the payment date.
   • For an electronic federal tax payment, the IRS directly withdraws the funds from your bank account on the payment date.
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.