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How do I pay tax liability/taxes owed?

Support Team
Updated

The IRS offers taxpayers several different options to pay any taxes owed.

FileYourTaxes.com supports paying your tax liability by Bank Account or by Paper check. You can view alternative options to pay your tax liability directly through the IRS website.  

FileYourTaxes.com offers a one time payment of your balance due at the time of filing. This payment option requires banking information including your routing number & bank account number. If you are filing before April 15th, you will have the option to select a date to have the balance due withdrawn. 

If you wish to pay with debit card or paper check, check out these articles listed below: 

Payment Options:

1. Direct Deposit at the time of filing your tax return, one time payment in full.

To pay from your bank account:

  1. Log in to your FileYourTaxes.com account
  2. Select Work With Filing
  3. Select Edit a Return in Progress
  4. Select Enter Balance Due Payment Details found at the bottom of the page.
  5. On the Federal Tax Balance Settlement Page, select to pay From Bank Account. 
  6. Enter the bank account information 

2. Paper Check can be selected at the time of filing your return

To pay via paper check: 

  1. Log in to your FileYourTaxes.com account
  2. Select Work With Filing
  3. Select Edit a Return in Progress
  4. Select Enter Balance Due Payment Details found at the bottom of the page.
  5. On the Federal Tax Balance Settlement Page, select to pay via Paper Check. 

You must include the printed copy of your payment voucher located in Completed Forms and Documents with the check when mailing your liability. Once your return has been e-filed or finalized to be paper filed, you can print the 1040-V form, also known as the Federal Payment Voucher, attached to your return and follow the instructions provided on the voucher to complete your payment. For more detailed instruction to pay via Paper check with FileYourTaxes.com see:

3. Pay directly on the IRS website, using debit card or credit card - To pay your Balance Due go directly to the IRS website with a debit, credit card, or digital wallet found here - Pay your taxes by debit or credit card or digital wallet

4. IRS Payment Plans - FileYourTaxes.com does not support a payment plan option on a balance due. If you wish to set up a payment plan for any amount due, you must register or login to your IRS.gov account and set up a payment plan directly with the IRS. 

Please note, if wanting to set up a Payment Plan first indicate that you want to pay by paper check then you will need to set that up directly on the IRS.gov website. 

Please refer to the following IRS link to set up a payment plan: Apply online for a payment plan

If you have already set up a direct deposit to pay the full amount on our site on a filed and accepted return, we are not able to remove the payment in order to set up a payment plan

Important Note 

Please note that payments must be withdrawn on or before the tax filing deadline.

Once you have filed, we are unable to make any changes to your return. If changes need to be made, please contact IRS.gov directly for further assistance.

 

 

 

 

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