Form 2210 

Department of the Treasury 

Internal Revenue Service 

Underpayment of Estimated Tax by 

Individuals, Estates, and Trusts

▶ Go to www.irs.gov/Form2210 for instructions and the latest information.

▶ Attach to Form 1040, 1040-SR, 1040-NR, or 1041.

OMB No. 1545-0074

2020

Attachment 

Sequence No. 06

Name(s) shown on tax return Identifying number

Do You Have To File Form 2210?

Complete lines 1 through 7 below. Is line 4 or line 7 less than 

$1,000?

Yes

▶ Don’t file Form 2210. You don’t owe a penalty.

No

▼

Complete lines 8 and 9 below. Is line 6 equal to or more than 

line 9?

Yes

▶ You don’t owe a penalty. Don’t file Form 2210 unless 

box E in Part II applies, then file page 1 of Form 2210.

No

▼

You may owe a penalty. Does any box in Part II below apply?

No

▼

Don’t file Form 2210. You aren’t required to figure 

your penalty because the IRS will figure it and send

you a bill for any unpaid amount. If you want to figure 

it, you may use Part III or Part IV as a worksheet and 

enter your penalty amount on your tax return, but 

don’t file Form 2210.

Yes

▶

You must file Form 2210. Does box B, C, or D in Part II 

apply?

No

▼

You aren’t required to figure your penalty because the IRS 

will figure it and send you a bill for any unpaid amount. If you 

want to figure it, you may use Part III or Part IV as a 

worksheet and enter your penalty amount on your tax return, 

but file only page 1 of Form 2210.

Yes

▶ You must figure your penalty.

Part I Required Annual Payment

1 Enter your 2020 tax after credits from Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 22. (See the

instructions if not filing Form 1040.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 Other taxes, including the portion of 2020 self-employment tax to which the estimated tax 

requirement applies and, if applicable, Additional Medicare Tax and/or Net Investment Income Tax 

(see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

3 Refundable credits, including the premium tax credit (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . 3 ( )

4 Current year tax. Combine lines 1, 2, and 3. If less than $1,000, stop; you don’t owe a penalty. 

Don’t file Form 2210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

5 Multiply line 4 by 90% (0.90) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

6 Withholding taxes. Don’t include estimated tax payments. See instructions . . . . . . . . 6 

7 Subtract line 6 from line 4. If less than $1,000, stop; you don’t owe a penalty. Don’t file Form 2210 7 

8 Maximum required annual payment based on prior year’s tax (see instructions) . . . . . . . 8 

9 Required annual payment. Enter the smaller of line 5 or line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

Next: Is line 9 more than line 6?

No. You don’t owe a penalty. Don’t file Form 2210 unless box E below applies.

Yes. You may owe a penalty, but don’t file Form 2210 unless one or more boxes in Part II below applies.

• If box B, C, or D applies, you must figure your penalty and file Form 2210.

• If box A or E applies (but not B, C, or D), file only page 1 of Form 2210. You aren’t required to figure your penalty; the IRS 

will figure it and send you a bill for any unpaid amount. If you want to figure your penalty, you may use Part III or IV as a 

worksheet and enter your penalty on your tax return, but file only page 1 of Form 2210.

Part II Reasons for Filing. Check applicable boxes. If none apply, don’t file Form 2210.

A You request a waiver (see instructions) of your entire penalty. You must check this box and file page 1 of Form 2210, but you

aren’t required to figure your penalty.

B You request a waiver (see instructions) of part of your penalty. You must figure your penalty and waiver amount and file Form

2210.

C Your income varied during the year and your penalty is reduced or eliminated when figured using the annualized income 

installment method. You must figure the penalty using Schedule Al and file Form 2210.

D Your penalty is lower when figured by treating the federal income tax withheld from your income as paid on the dates it was 

actually withheld, instead of in equal amounts on the payment due dates. You must figure your penalty and file Form 2210.

E You filed or are filing a joint return for either 2019 or 2020, but not for both years, and line 8 above is smaller than line 5

above. You must file page 1 of Form 2210, but you aren’t required to figure your penalty (unless box B, C, or D applies).

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Cat. No. 11744P Form 2210 (2020) 
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Part III Short Method

Can You Use the 

Short Method?

You can use the short method if:

• You made no estimated tax payments (or your only payments were withheld 

federal income tax), or

• You paid the same amount of estimated tax on each of the four payment 

due dates.

Must You Use the 

Regular Method?

You must use the regular method (Part IV) instead of the short method if:

• You made any estimated tax payments late,

• You checked box C or D in Part II, or

• You’re filing Form 1040-NR and you didn’t receive wages as an employee 

subject to U.S. income tax withholding.

Note: If any payment was made earlier than the due date, you can use the short method, but using it may cause you to pay a 

larger penalty than the regular method. If the payment was only a few days early, the difference is likely to be small.

10 Enter the amount from Form 2210, line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

11 Enter the amount, if any, from Form 2210, line 6 . . . . . . . . . 11

12 Enter the total amount, if any, of estimated tax payments you made . . . 12

13 Add lines 11 and 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

14 Total underpayment for year. Subtract line 13 from line 10. If zero or less, stop; you don’t owe a 

penalty. If the amount on line 14 was paid on or before 1/15/21, do not use the short method.

Don’t file Form 2210 unless you checked box E in Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

15 Multiply line 14 by 0.01744 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

16 • If the amount on line 14 was paid on or after 4/15/21, enter -0-.

• If the amount on line 14 was paid after 1/15/21 and before 4/15/21, make the following 

computation to find the amount to enter on line 16.

Amount on 

line 14 ×

Number of days paid 

before 4/15/21 × 0.00008 . . . . . . . . . . . 16

17 Penalty. Subtract line 16 from line 15. Enter the result here and on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 

1040-NR, line 38; or Form 1041, line 27. 

Don’t file Form 2210 unless you checked a box in Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . ▶ 17

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Part IV Regular Method (See the instructions if you’re filing Form 1040-NR.)

Section A—Figure Your Underpayment 

(Calendar year filers skip column (b); fiscal year filers, 

see instructions.)

Payment Due Dates

Complete lines 20 through 26 of one column before going to line 20 of the next column.

(a) 

7/15/20

(b) (c) 

9/15/20

(d) 

1/15/21

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Required installments. If box C in Part II applies, 

combine the Schedule AI, line 27, columns (a) and 

(b) amounts and enter the result here in column (a), 

then enter the Schedule AI, line 27, columns (c) and 

(d) amounts in the corresponding columns (c) and 

(d) here. Otherwise, calendar year filers, enter the 

following percentages of Form 2210, line 9, as 

follows: 50% (0.50) in column (a) and 25% (0.25) in 

columns (c) and (d) (skip column (b) entirely). For 

fiscal year filers, see instructions . . . . . . . 18

19 

 

 

 

 

Estimated tax paid and tax withheld (see the 

instructions). For column (a) only, also enter the 

amount from line 19 on line 23, column (a). If line 19

is equal to or more than line 18 for all payment periods,

stop here; you don’t owe a penalty. Don’t file 

Form 2210 unless you checked a box in Part II . 19

 

20 Enter the amount, if any, from line 26 in the previous 

column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

21 Add lines 19 and 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 21

22 Add the amounts on lines 24 and 25 in the previous 

column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

23 

 

Subtract line 22 from line 21. If zero or less, enter 

-0-. For column (a) only, enter the amount from line 

19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

24 If line 23 is zero, subtract line 21 from line 22. 

Otherwise, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . 24

25 

 

Underpayment. If line 18 is equal to or more than

line 23, subtract line 23 from line 18. Then go to line 

20 of the next column. Otherwise, go to line 26 . ▶ 25

26 

 

Overpayment. If line 23 is more than line 18, 

subtract line 18 from line 23. Then go to line 20 of 

the next column . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Section B—Figure the Penalty (Use the Worksheet for Form 2210, Part IV, Section B—Figure the Penalty in the 

instructions.)

27 

 

Penalty. Enter the total penalty from line 14 of the Worksheet for Form 2210, Part IV, Section B—Figure the 

Penalty. Also include this amount on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 38; or Form 1041, line 27. Don’t 

file Form 2210 unless you checked a box in Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ▶ 27

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Schedule AI—Annualized Income Installment Method (See the instructions.)

Estates and trusts, don’t use the period ending dates shown to the right. 

Instead, use the following: 2/29/20, 4/30/20, 7/31/20, and 11/30/20.

(a) 

1/1/20–3/31/20

(b) 

1/1/20–5/31/20

(c) 

1/1/20–8/31/20

(d) 

1/1/20–12/31/20

Part I Annualized Income Installments

Complete lines 22–27 of one column before going to line 22 of the next column.

 

1 

 

Enter your adjusted gross income for each period. See 

instructions. (Estates and trusts, enter your taxable 

income without your exemption for each period.) . . 1

2 Annualization amounts. (Estates and trusts, see instructions.) 2 4 2.4 1.5 1

3 Annualized income. Multiply line 1 by line 2 . . . 3

4 

 

If you itemize, enter itemized deductions for the period 

shown in each column. All others, enter -0-, and skip 

to line 7. Exception: Estates and trusts, skip to line 9 . 4

5 Annualization amounts . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 2.4 1.5 1

6 Multiply line 4 by line 5 . . . . . . . . . . 6

7 

 

 

In each column, enter the full amount of your standard 

deduction from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 12. (Form 1040-

NR filers, enter -0-. Exception: Indian students and 

business apprentices, see instructions.) . . . . . . 7

8 Enter the larger of line 6 or line 7 . . . . . . . 8

9 

 

Deduction for qualified business income. Estates and trusts:

Subtract this amount from the amount on line 3, skip 

line 10, and enter the result on line 11. . . . . . . . 9

10 Add lines 8 and 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

11 Subtract line 10 from line 3 . . . . . . . . 11

12 Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR filers, enter -0- in each 

column. (Estates and trusts, see instructions.) . . . . 12

13 Subtract line 12 from line 11. If zero or less, enter -0- 13

14 Figure your tax on the amount on line 13. See instructions 14

15 Self-employment tax from line 36 (complete Part II below) 15

16 

 

Enter other taxes for each payment period including, 

if applicable, Additional Medicare Tax and/or Net 

Investment Income Tax. See instructions . . . . 16

17 Total tax. Add lines 14, 15, and 16 . . . . . . 17

18 For each period, enter the same type of credits as allowed 

on Form 2210, Part I, lines 1 and 3. See instructions . . 18

19 Subtract line 18 from line 17. If zero or less, enter -0- . 19

20 Applicable percentage . . . . . . . . . . 20 22.5% 45% 67.5% 90%

21 Multiply line 19 by line 20 . . . . . . . . . 21

 

22 Enter the total of the amounts in all previous columns of line 27 22

23 Subtract line 22 from line 21. If zero or less, enter -0- 23

24 Enter 25% (0.25) of line 9 on page 1 of Form 2210 in each column 24

25 Subtract line 27 of the previous column from line 26 of that column 25

26 Add lines 24 and 25 . . . . . . . . . . . 26

27 Enter the smaller of line 23 or line 26 here and on 

Form 2210, Part IV, line 18 . . . . . . . . ▶ 27

Part II Annualized Self-Employment Tax (Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR filers only) 

28 Net earnings from self-employment for the period (see instructions) 28

29 Prorated social security tax limit . . . . . . . 29 $34,425 $57,375 $91,800 $137,700

30 

 

Enter actual wages for the period subject to social security tax 

or the 6.2% portion of the 7.65% railroad retirement (tier 1) tax. 

Exception: If you filed Form 4137 or Form 8919, see instructions 30

31 Subtract line 30 from line 29. If zero or less, enter -0- . 31

32 Annualization amounts (see instructions) . . . . 32

33 Multiply line 32 by the smaller of line 28 or line 31 . 33

34 Annualization amounts . . . . . . . . . . 34 0.116 0.0696 0.0435 0.029

35 Multiply line 28 by line 34 . . . . . . . . . 35

36 Add lines 33 and 35. Enter here and on line 15 above ▶ 36

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