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November 4, 2024
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Efiling Estimated Tax Payments

  • November 4, 2024
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Can someone give me assistance with making estimated tax payments in ProSeries?  Currently, we had set up 2024 NYS and/or NYC estimated tax deposits.  Keep in mind the one efiling returns is not always the one who prepared the return.  Therefore the issue became filing the 2nd, 3rd or 4th estimates.  The 2023 return got filed along with the 1st estimate that was due on 4/15/2024.  When the returns are accepted, no where (in pending, accepted, or all) in the Efile view will you see the 2nd estimate needs to be efiled.  The only way you get the estimate to show is to physically go back into the file thereby updating its status.  You can efile the next estimated payment from within the return, but I went back into pending just to verify that it would now show up (which it did).  Unfortunately, since the person efiling was unaware that the return had to be opened in order to update so we can efile future estimates, those estimates never appeared in pending to be efiled.  Needless to say, we missed some estimates.  I called ProSeries for help, and was basically told that this is the only way for the future estimates to appear for efiling.  It's not even enough that I highlight returns and click "update acknowledgement status".  It just seems like I'm missing something.  I shouldn't have to open every file in order to make their next estimate.  I guess we can keep a list of the clients we did estimated tax payments for, but that seems like a lot of extra work (especially during tax season) in order to know which ones we have to physically reopen.  Any help, insights, shortcuts will be greatly appreciated.

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IRonMaN
Level 15
November 4, 2024

I'm confused, but it is Monday and that is a good day for being confused.  If you want ProSeries to setup up electronic estimate payments, you need to do that with the e-filing of the return.  You can't go back in and "e-file" estimates after the fact through the software.

Slava Ukraini!
JRFS 12Author
Level 3
November 4, 2024

Yes, it is a Monday that's for sure.  The estimates were properly set up prior to efiling.  My issue is when you efile the return, it cannot efile the 2nd estimate until the 1st estimate is efiled and accepted.  However, once the 1st estimate is accepted, there is nothing in the Efile Pending view that shows a 2nd estimate is ready to be efiled.  I need to physically go in to that file, open it, it will update the status, then the 2nd estimate awaiting to be efiled will show up in the pending view.  My issue is if no one opens the client file, the 2nd estimate never shows up.  Short of opening every return that is accepted, I was wondering if there is another way to determine which files need estimates to be filed.  This is only our 2nd year using the program so we are still learning.  As I said sometimes the person that efiles the returns did not prepare the return, and doesn't know to be sure to go back into a particular return after efiling is accepted in order to get the next estimated tax payment put in the pending to be efiled.  I apologize if my explanation is not so good.

IRonMaN
Level 15
November 4, 2024

But the scheduled estimate payments were setup with the filing of the return so I don't think updating the status really has any effect on filing additional estimates.  As a side note, I have my clients pay their own estimates.  Too many things can go wrong with having the software do that.  Either folks decide they want to change the payment amount or the bank account gets closed later in the year or something else comes up that causes a headache for the preparer.

Slava Ukraini!