Thank you, Erika;

I will wait at least until the date of the actual payment I have made using EFTPS.GOV, which is January 16.  The situation is stable today; I have made the payment, the payment is recorded properly in QBO, and I have generated and mailed Form 941 for 4th Quarter 2023.  I used your process for entering a tax payment made outside of QBO, and I still will try to find out what went wrong.  Buried in my thread comments are two questions:

1.  If I ask Intuit to automate tax payments to EFTPS.Gov, will there be a fee charged?  If so, what?

2.  If a payment is entered to occur in the future, is the entry into the Checking Register possibly delayed?  I have always used Quicken and Quick books to record future payments, and the payments have, up until now, appeared immediately. 

I will be calling Customer Service after January 16 to answer these and any other questions.  Thank you for your help.  Customer service has always been excellent.