Navigate to [https://www.irs.gov](https://www.irs.gov)

Click "Internal Revenue Service | An official website of the United ..."

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Click this dropdown. Select Reason - Estimated Tax.

Select Reason
Payment Plan/Installment Agreement
Balance Due
Estimated Tax
CP2000/CP2501/CP3219A
Proposed Tax Assessment
Amended Return
Civil Penalty
Offshore Streamlined Filing Compl.
Offshore Voluntary Disclosure
IRC 965 - Transition Tax
Partner Payment for BBA Modification
Prepayment on BBA AAR/Exam Push Out
IRC 965 Transferee [1040]

Click this dropdown. Select Apply Payment To 1040ES (for 1040,1040A, 1040EZ)

Select Type
1040ES (for 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ)

Click this dropdown. Select Tax Period for Payment 2022.

Click this dropdown. You will be asked to verify your identity using information from your 1040 filing. 

Single
Married - Filed Joint Return
Married - Filed Separate Return
Head of Household
Qualifying Widow(er)

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Verify Identity

Direct Pay verifies your identity using information from your 1040 filing history. Please provide the following information from a 1040 tax return you filed for one of the years listed in the Tax Year for Verification drop down menu.

Note: the Tax Year for Verification you enter here does not have to match the tax year for your payment.

Tax Year for Verification *
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You chose 2020 as your tax year for verification. Enter information from your 2020 1040 tax return in the fields below.

The information you enter must match the information from your tax return for the tax year you selected above.

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Click "CONTINUE".  On a next screen enter Bank account information and payment amount.

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