IRS Penalty Estimator for 1099 & Payroll Filings

Calculate estimated IRS penalties for late or incorrect 1099 and payroll submissions in minutes. Identify risks early and make informed decisions to minimize compliance costs.
Choose Form Type

Info returns & other categories

Auto-filled from the Excel reference data. Custom, event-based, and no-fixed-date rows are not converted into invented dates.

Payroll Forms Penalty Estimator

Auto-filled from payroll reference data.
Required to compute Failure-to-File penalty.

Deposit penalty inputs (Failure-to-Deposit)
Enter deposit fields to calculate deposit tier + rate.
Check only if an IRS notice & demand was issued and payment was 10+ days after it.

Result

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Select a mode, complete the fields, then click Estimate penalty.

Days late
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Tier / rate
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Per-Form penalty
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Total Penalty
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Note: This tool provides an approximate per-form filing estimate for reference only. Annual caps, recipient-furnishing penalties, reasonable-cause relief, and custom-rule amounts may require additional inputs and are not legal or tax advice.