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Withholding entered here is subtracted from your estimated tax exactly once as a credit. Amounts are user-entered — confirm them against your actual paystubs. This estimate is a planning tool and does not replace Form 1040-ES or advice from a tax professional.
The calculator never assumes your prior-year status — the 100%/110% threshold below applies to the status on your prior-year return, not the current year.
If your prior-year status differs from the current year, the threshold depends on that status — the $75,000 threshold applies only to Married Filing Separately.
Form 1040, Line 24 (Total Tax) from your prior-year return — not your refund and not your balance due.
Quarterly estimated payments you have already made for the current year (blank counts as $0).
Uses the Annual Federal Withholding — Yours and — Spouse values you entered above (blank counts as $0).
Enter your prior-year AGI and prior-year total tax to see the 100%/110% annual target and remaining planning amount.
This block is a planning reference based on your prior-year figures only. It stays separate from your main result above (the current-year estimate, which keeps the 90%-of-current-year route) and does not guarantee penalty relief. It is not tax advice. Thresholds per IRS Pub 505 (2026) ↗.
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