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To: waverider who wrote (89368)12/7/2000 4:29:58 PM
From: Don Lloyd  Read Replies (2) of 152472
 
Rick -

...I will have to send Uncle Sam and the state two checks totaling $4,100 by the 15th of January. ...

This is only true if you insist on fully paying estimated taxes. If you instead wait until April 15, and the full $4100 amount represented an underpayment and therefore a penalty, your extra penalty payment would likely be $4100 at a 9% annual rate for 3 months, or about $92.25.

I prefer to never make any estimated payments and merely pay any penalties at filing time. If you were to realize a capital gain on January 2, and invest the estimated tax payment at money market rates, you would likely roughly break even since the 9% penalty rate would be effectively spread out over the four estimated payment dates.

Regards, Don
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