If you need to regularly pay estimated taxes, sign up for EFTPS. You can schedule multiple payments ahead of time (date, amount, quarter, etc), track your payments, see history. If it is one-off payment you need to make occasionally, use DirectPay.
Feature | Direct Pay | EFTPS |
Registration required | No | Yes; first time users must rec ... |
Limitations on multiple paymen ... | Up to 2 current or future paym ... | Up to 4 current or future (e.g ... |
View past and pending (upcomin ... | If you save your confirmation ... | View all pending payments plus ... |
Free phone payments | No; pay by phone with a credit ... | Yes; free automated phone paym ... |