Filing Tips
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Do NOT use the Enter key to proceed to the next screen.
Use the Continue button to navigate eFile & Pay.
Withholding, sales or use tax, LPG and motor fuel:
- Enter your Business eFile Number (BEN)
- "Business Taxes" will already be selected
- Click "Continue"
Individual income or corporation income tax payments (estimate/final payment):
This part of the eFile & Pay system is not to be used for payment of employee withholding. To pay withholding tax, select the “Business Taxes” option.
- First-time user -- even if you already have a BEN -- do not enter the BEN. Instead, choose the link at the left: Wish to make an ePayment for Individual Income or Corporation Income Taxes? Not enrolled? Click here.
- You are not required to enroll, but if you do not, you must use the “not enrolled” link each time you enter the system to make an income tax payment.
- Once you are enrolled, the next time you access the system to make an income tax payment, enter your BEN, select "Individual Income / Corporation Income ePayments" and click "Continue."
- Why enroll? Enrolled users will be able to view their filing history!
- Prior to using ePay for the first time, contact your financial institution to obtain the correct routing transit number and account number to use. If your financial institution needs the filter number for the Iowa Department of Revenue, it is: 1421590141
- There is no e-mail notification from the Department of Revenue either before or after a payment is debited from your account.
- You have until 4 p.m. CT on the due date to make your payment timely.
- You cannot cancel a payment after 3 p.m. CT on the due date.
Credit
Card:
If
you choose to pay by credit card, a 2.5% convenience fee is charged by the
vendor.
The credit card payment option is not currently available for LPG or motor fuel.
Local Option Sales Tax AND Sales by County:
- To report local option tax and/or sales by county, click LOCAL OPTION / SALES ENTRY SCHEDULE
- Complete this portion of the return or you will receive an error message
- The system will populate the amount on line 6b
Consolidated Filers must use the Internet eFile & Pay application, not the phone system.