How do I change which quarter my estimated taxes are being applied to, such as Q1 rather than Q2?

Hi there, benjamini-gmail-.

Thank you for visiting the QuickBooks Community. I'll be sharing details on how tax payments work in QuickBooks Self-Employed. then ensure that your entries are allocated to the correct quarter.

There are times when you already made a tax payment but the quarter you paid for has applied to Q1 estimated amount rather than Q4. To fix this, I suggest moving the payments to the correct quarter so the tax payment is matched to the correct quarter in QuickBooks. Please follow the steps below.

1. Go to the Taxes menu.
2. Select the small arrow icon ▼ for the quarter you paid for.
3. Look for your tax payment.

If you're unable to see the payment in the correct quarter, you can follow the steps below to correct it.

1. Select the Find your estimated tax payments link.
2. Follow the onscreen steps to choose and match the correct tax payment.
3. Go back to the Taxes menu. Then, look for your tax payment.

If the issue remains to occur, you have to locate the tax payment on the Transactions tab and change it to the correct date. Please choose the date that falls into Q4 to ensure the entry applies to the appropriate quarter.

You can open this article to view other instructions to be performed to fix the issue: Fix "overdue" estimated quarterly tax payment notices in QuickBooks Self-Employed.

Lastly, you may refer to this article to see details on how QBSE is designed to help you record your self-employed income and expenses, track mileage, and prepare your Schedule C: QuickBooks Self-Employed Overview.

Let me know if there's anything else you need assistance with any tax payment concern in QBSE. I'll make sure to get back to you, benjamini-gmail-. Keep safe and enjoy your day ahead!

Hello.  I am having this same problem.  I mailed a check for my Q4 federal estimate on 1/13.  I was unable to pay electronically due to 1/15 being a federal holiday.  The check took 11 days to clear and now it's been credited to 2024 Q1 instead of 2023 Q3.  I've tried following your instructions.  In my taxes menu there is no small arrow icon.  I can choose annual or quarterly.  Once in quarterly  I can't select a quarter.  Thus my Q4 2023 payment has been applied to Q1 2024.  Really need to get this corrected.  Thank you in advance for your help.

Welcome to the Community, @CurtAsh.

I am here to share information on how to move your estimated payments tax to the right quarter in your QuickBooks Self-Employed (QBSE) account. 

Let’s first check on the tax payment you’ve made in the Transaction menu, then look for the payment. Ensure that you have categorized them for Business as Estimated taxes. 

If you want to make changes, choose the type and category from the Type or Category column. For more guidance you can check out this article: Fix overdue estimated quarterly tax payment notices in QuickBooks Self-Employed. 

I acknowledge that you have tried moving the tax to another Quarter but didn’t see the small arrow icon. Furthermore, I recommend contacting our support team. In this way, your concern about moving quarterly estimated tax will be properly addressed, and will be provided with the right solution. 

To reach our support team, here’s how:

1. At the right upper corner of your QBSE account, click on the + button.
2. Select Ask QB Assistant.
3. Type in “ talk to a human”, then choose Continue. 
4. You can choose whether to Chat with us or Have us call you. 

• When you choose Chat - you'll be connected to our customer support team in a chat within the next five minutes.
• When you choose Callback, you’ll have a spot on our line, and call you back within five minutes. 

Feel free to comment below if you have additional questions about your quarterly estimated tax in your QBSE. I’ll be here to assist you any time. 

Thank you for your help.  I'm doing this on a Saturday and it says the system is closed when I try to talk to a human.  I'll try again on Monday.

Thank you for your help.  I'm doing this on a Saturday and when I try to talk to a human it says the system is closed.  I'll try again on Monday.  

Hi there, 

Just a quick update.  I changed the date on the deposit to 01/12/24 and that place it before the 15th.  Quickbooks then automatically changed the Quarter from Q1 '24 to Q4 23.  Hope that helps anyone who might stumble upon this problem.