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IRS Penalty & Interest Calculator

How much has the IRS added to your tax bill, and how much can be challenged?

Penalties and daily interest can balloon a tax balance fast, especially across several years. Add each year you owe for to see what the IRS has tacked on, and how much of it may be reducible. This is an estimate, not a bill or a final number.

Your situation

Tax years you owe for Add each year separately. We use each year’s standard April 15 due date to calculate penalties and interest on its own.
Did you file these returns on time?
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Estimated balance today

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Original tax owed$0
Failure-to-file penalty$0
Failure-to-pay penalty$0
Interest (compounded daily)$0
Breakdown by tax year
YearTaxPenaltiesInterestSubtotal

$0 of this balance is penalties.

Penalties are not always final. Depending on your situation, some or all of them may be reducible through penalty abatement or by contesting the IRS’s position — it’s worth talking to Wiggam Law about whether relief applies to your case. Interest is harder to remove, though it can sometimes come down when the underlying penalty does. No outcome is guaranteed.

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Wiggam Law is a team of tax attorneys and IRS-credentialed enrolled agents in Atlanta, representing individuals and businesses against the IRS and the Georgia Department of Revenue, and clients nationwide. We are advocates, not order-takers: when a penalty is excessive we pursue abatement, and when an assessment is wrong we contest it.

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About this estimate. This tool estimates how IRS failure-to-file and failure-to-pay penalties and daily-compounding interest increase a balance, calculated separately for each tax year. Interest is computed in quarterly segments using the IRS underpayment rates set under IRC §6621 and is applied to the unpaid tax; the IRS also charges interest on assessed penalties, so an actual balance may run higher. Filing status is applied to all years entered. This is a simplified estimate, not a payoff figure, and not legal advice. Penalty relief and the outcome of any dispute depend on your specific facts and are not guaranteed. Rates and rules come from the IRS (irs.gov) and change quarterly. For figures and options specific to your case, speak with a Wiggam Law attorney.