IRS Form 1040es 2016
IRS Form 1040es 2016
IRS Form 1040es 2016
Form 1040-ES
Estimated Tax for Individuals
General Rule
In most cases, you must pay estimated tax for 2016 if both
of the following apply.
1. You expect to owe at least $1,000 in tax for 2016,
after subtracting your withholding and refundable credits.
2. You expect your withholding and refundable credits
to be less than the smaller of:
a. 90% of the tax to be shown on your 2016 tax return,
or
b. 100% of the tax shown on your 2015 tax return.
Your 2015 tax return must cover all 12 months.
Note. These percentages may be different if you are a
farmer, fisherman, or higher income taxpayer. See
Special Rules, later.
Exception. You do not have to pay estimated tax for
2016 if you were a U.S. citizen or resident alien for all of
2015 and you had no tax liability for the full 12-month
2015 tax year. You had no tax liability for 2015 if your total
tax was zero or you did not have to file an income tax
return.
There are special rules for farmers, fishermen, certain
household employers, and certain higher income
taxpayers.
Special Rules
What's New
$12,600
Head of household
$9,300
$6,300
$1,550
$3,100
You can pay all of your estimated tax by April 18, 2016, or
in four equal amounts by the dates shown below.
1st payment . . . .
2nd payment . . .
3rd payment . . . .
4th payment . . . .
Reminders
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TIP
In some cases, you may owe a penalty when you file your
return. The penalty is imposed on each underpayment for
the number of days it remains unpaid. A penalty may be
applied if you did not pay enough estimated tax for the
year or you did not make the payments on time or in the
required amount. A penalty may apply even if you have an
overpayment on your tax return.
No income subject to estimated tax during first payment period. If, after March 31, 2016, you have a large
change in income, deductions, additional taxes, or credits
that requires you to start making estimated tax payments,
you should figure the amount of your estimated tax
payments by using the annualized income installment
method, explained in chapter 2 of Pub. 505. If you use the
annualized income installment method, file Form 2210,
Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Individuals, Estates,
and Trusts, including Schedule AI, with your 2016 tax
return even if no penalty is owed.
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Where to File Your Estimated Tax Payment Voucher if Paying by Check or Money Order
Mail your estimated tax payment voucher and check or money order to the address
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, New
shown below for the place where you live. Do not mail your tax return to this address or Jersey, North Carolina, South
send an estimated tax payment without a payment voucher. Also, do not mail your
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
estimated tax payments to the address shown in the Form 1040 or 1040A instructions. If
you need more payment vouchers, you can make a copy of one of your unused
vouchers.
Caution: For proper delivery of your estimated tax payment to a P.O. box, you must
include the box number in the address. Also, note that only the U.S. Postal Service can
deliver to P.O. boxes. Therefore, you cannot use a private delivery service to make
estimated tax payments required to be sent to a P.O. box.
IF you live in . . .
Guam:
Bona fide residents*
Department of
Revenue and Taxation
Government of Guam
P.O. Box 23607
GMF, GU 96921
*Bona fide residents must prepare separate vouchers for estimated income tax and self-employment tax payments. Send the income tax vouchers to the address for
bona fide residents and the self-employment tax vouchers to the address for non-bona fide residents.
Line 14b. Prior year's tax. Enter the 2015 tax you figure
according to the instructions in Figuring your 2015 tax
unless you meet one of the following exceptions.
If the adjusted gross income shown on your 2015 return
is more than $150,000 ($75,000 if married filing
separately for 2016), enter 110% of your 2015 tax as
figured next.
Note. This does not apply to farmers or fishermen.
If you will file a joint return for 2016 but you did not file a
joint return for 2015, add the tax shown on your 2015
return to the tax shown on your spouse's 2015 return and
enter the total on line 14b.
If you filed a joint return for 2015 but you will not file a
joint return for 2016, see General Rule in chapter 4 of Pub.
505 to figure your share of the 2015 tax to enter on
line 14b.
If you did not file a return for 2015 or your 2015 tax year
was less than 12 full months, do not complete line 14b.
Instead, enter the amount from line 14a on line 14c.
Figuring your 2015 tax. Use the following instructions
to figure your 2015 tax.
1. Form 1040The tax shown on your 2015 Form
1040 is the amount on line 63 reduced by:
a. Unreported social security and Medicare tax or
RRTA tax from Form 1040, line 58;
b. Any tax included on line 59 on excess contributions
to an IRA, Archer MSA, Coverdell education savings
account, health savings account, ABLE account, or on
excess accumulations in qualified retirement plans;
c. Any shared responsibility payment on line 61;
d. Amounts on line 62 as listed under Exception 2,
earlier; and
e. Any refundable credit amounts on lines 66a, 67, 68,
69, and 72, and credit from Form 8885 included on
line 73.
2. Form 1040AThe tax shown on your 2015 Form
1040A is the amount on line 39 reduced by the amount on
line 38, and any refundable credits on lines 42a, 43, 44,
and 45.
3. Form 1040EZThe tax shown on your 2015 Form
1040EZ is the amount on line 12 reduced by the amount
on lines 8a and 11.
Line 12. Other taxes. Use the Instructions for the 2015
Form 1040 to determine if you expect to owe, for 2016,
any of the taxes that would have been entered on your
2015 Form 1040, lines 59 (additional tax on distributions
only), 60a, 60b, and 62 (including, if applicable, Additional
Medicare Tax and/or Net Investment Income Tax). On
line 12, enter the total of those taxes, subject to the
following two exceptions.
Exception 1. Include household employment taxes
from Form 1040, line 60a, on this line only if:
You will have federal income tax withheld from wages,
pensions, annuities, gambling winnings, or other income,
or
You would be required to make estimated tax payments
(to avoid a penalty) even if you did not include household
employment taxes when figuring your estimated tax.
If you meet either of the above, include the total of your
household employment taxes on line 12.
Exception 2. Of the amounts for other taxes that may
be entered on Form 1040, line 62, do not include on
line 12: recapture of a federal mortgage subsidy,
uncollected social security and Medicare tax or RRTA tax
on tips or group-term life insurance, excise tax on excess
golden parachute payments, look-back interest due under
section 167(g) or 460(b), excise tax on insider stock
compensation from an expatriated corporation, or
additional tax on advance payments of health coverage
tax credit when not eligible. These taxes are not required
to be paid until the due date of your income tax return (not
including extensions).
Additional Medicare Tax. For information about the
Additional Medicare Tax, see the Instructions for Form
8959.
Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT). For information
about the Net Investment Income Tax, see the
Instructions for Form 8960.
Repayment of first-time homebuyer credit. You
must repay the first-time homebuyer credit if you bought
the home in 2008 or the home you bought was destroyed,
condemned, or sold under threat of condemnation in 2013
and that event occurred during the 36-month period that
began on the date you bought that home.
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1a. Enter your expected income and profits subject to self-employment tax* . . . . . . . . .
1a.
b. If you will have farm income and also receive social security retirement or disability
benefits, enter your expected Conservation Reserve Program payments that will be
included on Schedule F (Form 1040) or listed on Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) . . . . .
b.
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2.
3.
5.
6. Enter your expected wages (if subject to social security tax or the 6.2% portion of
tier 1 railroad retirement tax) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.
7.
4.
$118,500
Note. If line 7 is zero or less, enter -0- on line 9 and skip to line 10.
8. Enter the smaller of line 3 or line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.
9.
10. Add lines 4 and 9. Enter the result here and on line 11 of your 2016 Estimated Tax Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.
11. Multiply line 10 by 50% (.50). This is your expected deduction for self-employment
tax on Form 1040, line 27. Subtract this amount when figuring your expected AGI on
line 1 of your 2016 Estimated Tax Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11.
* Your net profit from self-employment is found on Schedule C (Form 1040), line 31; Schedule F (Form 1040), line 34; Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), box 14,
code A; and Schedule K-1 (Form 1065-B), box 9, code J1.
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If line 5
is:
If line 5
is:
Over
$0
9,275
37,650
91,150
190,150
413,350
415,050
of the
amount
over
But not
over
$9,275
----------+
37,650
$927.50 +
91,150
5,183.75 +
190,150 18,558.75 +
413,350 46,278.75 +
415,050 119,934.75 +
----------- 120,529.75 +
10%
15%
25%
28%
33%
35%
39.6%
$0
9,275
37,650
91,150
190,150
413,350
415,050
Over
But not
over
$0
13,250
50,400
130,150
210,800
413,350
441,000
$13,250
50,400
130,150
210,800
413,350
441,000
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----------$1,325.00
6,897.50
26,835.00
49,417.00
116,258.50
125,936.00
of the
amount
over
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
10%
15%
25%
28%
33%
35%
39.6%
If line 5
is:
If line 5
is:
Over
But not
over
$0
18,550
75,300
151,900
231,450
413,350
466,950
$18,550
75,300
151,900
231,450
413,350
466,950
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of the
amount
over
----------$1,855.00
10,367.50
29,517.50
51,791.50
111,818.50
130,578.50
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
10%
15%
25%
28%
33%
35%
39.6%
$0
18,550
75,300
151,900
231,450
413,350
466,950
Over
But not
over
$0
9,275
37,650
75,950
115,725
206,675
233,475
$9,275
37,650
75,950
115,725
206,675
233,475
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$0
13,250
50,400
130,150
210,800
413,350
441,000
of the
amount
over
--------$927.50
5,183.75
14,758.75
25,895.75
55,909.25
65,289.25
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
10%
15%
25%
28%
33%
35%
39.6%
$0
9,275
37,650
75,950
115,725
206,675
233,475
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4
5
6
7
8
Alternative minimum tax from Form 6251 or included on Form 1040A, line 28 . . . . . . .
Add lines 6 and 7. Add to this amount any other taxes you expect to include in the total on Form
1040, line 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
10
11
12
Credits (see instructions). Do not include any income tax withholding on this line
Subtract line 9 from line 8. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . .
Self-employment tax (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other taxes (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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13c
14a Multiply line 13c by 90% (662/3% for farmers and fishermen) . . . . 14a
b Required annual payment based on prior year's tax (see instructions) . 14b
c Required annual payment to avoid a penalty. Enter the smaller of line 14a or 14b .
14c
Total 2016 estimated tax. Subtract line 13b from line 13a. If zero or less, enter -0-
Caution: Generally, if you do not prepay (through income tax withholding and estimated tax
payments) at least the amount on line 14c, you may owe a penalty for not paying enough estimated
tax. To avoid a penalty, make sure your estimate on line 13c is as accurate as possible. Even if you
pay the required annual payment, you may still owe tax when you file your return. If you prefer, you
can pay the amount shown on line 13c. For details, see chapter 2 of Pub. 505.
Income tax withheld and estimated to be withheld during 2016 (including income tax withholding
on pensions, annuities, certain deferred income, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Payment
number
(a) Amount
due
4/18/2016
6/15/2016
9/15/2016
1/17/2017**
Total.
(c) Check or
money order number, or
credit or debit card
confirmation number
(b) Date
paid
(e) 2015
overpayment
credit applied
* You can deduct the convenience fee charged by the service provider in 2016 as a miscellaneous itemized deduction (subject to the 2%-of-AGI
limit) on your 2016 income tax return.
** You do not have to make this payment if you file your 2016 tax return by January 31, 2017, and pay the entire balance due with your return.
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Form
1040-ES
File only if you are making a payment of estimated tax by check or money order. Mail this
voucher with your check or money order payable to United States Treasury. Write your
social security number and 2016 Form 1040-ES on your check or money order. Do not send
cash. Enclose, but do not staple or attach, your payment with this voucher.
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Form
1040-ES
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voucher with your check or money order payable to United States Treasury. Write your
social security number and 2016 Form 1040-ES on your check or money order. Do not send
cash. Enclose, but do not staple or attach, your payment with this voucher.
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Form
1040-ES
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voucher with your check or money order payable to United States Treasury. Write your
social security number and 2016 Form 1040-ES on your check or money order. Do not send
cash. Enclose, but do not staple or attach, your payment with this voucher.
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1040-ES
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voucher with your check or money order payable to United States Treasury. Write your
social security number and 2016 Form 1040-ES on your check or money order. Do not send
cash. Enclose, but do not staple or attach, your payment with this voucher.
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