Submitted by Philip Brewer on March 25, 2008 - 09:08.
You're right that it's really a transition-year issue. Or rather, a "two transition years" issue.
In my case, last year was actually the transition year--the place I used to work closed in August.
There's a safe-harbor position: If you send in 100% of what you owed last year, then you're safe. But that doesn't work for me, because what I owed last year is more than 20 times what I expect to owe this year. Still, it's always possible that I'll end up earning a lot more in the second half of the year than I've been earning so far. Obviously, that'd be great. So, it's nice to know that, if I am so lucky, it wouldn't leave me screwed as far as taxes go. I can file Schedule AI of form 2210, if I have to.
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Transition year
Submitted by Philip Brewer on March 25, 2008 - 09:08.
You're right that it's really a transition-year issue. Or rather, a "two transition years" issue.
In my case, last year was actually the transition year--the place I used to work closed in August.
There's a safe-harbor position: If you send in 100% of what you owed last year, then you're safe. But that doesn't work for me, because what I owed last year is more than 20 times what I expect to owe this year. Still, it's always possible that I'll end up earning a lot more in the second half of the year than I've been earning so far. Obviously, that'd be great. So, it's nice to know that, if I am so lucky, it wouldn't leave me screwed as far as taxes go. I can file Schedule AI of form 2210, if I have to.