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He Skipped Every Quarterly Tax Payment This Year. One December Withdrawal From His IRA Erased the Whole Penalty Because of How the IRS Counts Withholding

The IRS treats withholding and estimated payments by completely different rules, and retirees who discover the gap between ...
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The Roth Conversion Deadline Is Dec. 31, but the Tax Bill Comes Due Jan. 15. Retirees Who Don’t Prepay Get Hit With a Penalty on Top.

Completing a Roth conversion on December 31 locks in the tax year, but the IRS starts running a penalty clock long before April, and most retirees discover this only after the damage is already done.