I just had to write a check to the Feds for $6. 44, for 2023. Pissed me off. I do my corporate taxes by Sept 15th every year, and of course personal is due Oct 15th. I usually just go ahead and do my personal in Sept too. After the profit and losses from my S-Corps, I ended up owing $104, and my check cleared Sept 27. Thursday I got a notice from the IRS, saying I owed $3.12 in interest and $3.32 in late fees. I called them Thursday ( got through in 10 minutes, too). They said, even though I paid the $104 on or before Oct 15th, that I was supposed to have made quarterly payments of $26.00. I told her " How was I supposed to know that, since I didn't make that $104 until December last year!" She said she could send me some forms to appeal it, but I better go ahead and pay it, or interest and penalties would keep accruing. When I get those forms, I might send them in one cold rainy day when I am stuck in the house. I hate it if I have to pay 10 cents in federal!!!
December