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For small business owners, self-employed & bookkeepers

Count down to every estimated tax deadline

Every Monday, WebRun signs in to your IRS online account, reads the estimated tax due dates, your payment history and your balance, works out how many days are left before the next deadline, logs it all in Airtable, and books a Google Calendar hold so nobody misses the date.

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Every Monday at 8:00 AM WebRun
1 IRS read deadlines and payments
2 Airtable log the countdown
3 Google Calendar hold the date
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In short

How do I track when my quarterly estimated tax payments are due?

WebRun signs in to your IRS online account every Monday, reads the estimated tax due dates, your payment history and your balance, and counts the days left before the next deadline. It logs the countdown and the outstanding amount in Airtable and books Google Calendar holds. WebRun never makes a payment.

  • The next estimated tax date is always on the calendar with a week of warning
  • The unpaid amount is visible before the deadline, not after
  • WebRun only reads the IRS account, so no payment ever moves on its own

Built for small business owners · self-employed · bookkeepers · freelancers

Step by step

What does WebRun do on every run?

The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.

  1. WebRun signs in and gets to work

    Opens www.irs.gov in a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys.

  2. 1
    IRS - read deadlines and payments
    irs.gov
    WebRun in IRS: read deadlines and payments
    WebRun opens IRS to read deadlines and payments.
    • Sign in to your IRS online account and open the account balance and payment activity
    • Read the upcoming estimated tax due dates and the amount recorded against each period
    • Check the payment history for anything already paid toward the current quarter
    • Note any open notices that would change what is owed. Never start, schedule, or submit a payment

    Done when The next estimated tax deadline, the amount, and what is already paid are all read.

  3. 2
    Airtable - log the countdown
    airtable.com How to Automate Airtable
    WebRun in Airtable: log the countdown
    WebRun opens Airtable to log the countdown.
    • Open your tax calendar base in Airtable and update the row for the current quarter
    • Write the due date, the days remaining, the amount recorded, and the amount still unpaid
    • Add a short note for anything that still has to happen before the deadline

    Done when Airtable shows the live countdown and the outstanding amount for the quarter.

  4. 3
    Google Calendar - hold the date
    calendar.google.com How to Automate Google Calendar
    WebRun in Google Calendar: hold the date
    WebRun opens Google Calendar to hold the date.
    • Open Google Calendar and create or update a hold for the next estimated tax due date
    • Add a second hold a week earlier so there is time to move money
    • Put the amount and the quarter in the event title, and skip any date already held

    Done when The next deadline and its one-week warning are both on the calendar.

Run settings

How is each run configured?

Starting pageWhere Chrome opens at the start of each run
www.irs.gov
ScheduleRuns automatically on this cadence
Every Monday at 8:00 AM
DeliveryHow each run's result reaches you
Deadline countdown · Airtable
OutputWhat each run produces - A weekly countdown to the next estimated tax deadline with the amount recorded, what is still unpaid, and the calendar holds booked.
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Setup & safety

Secure by default

Connect once, stays signed in

WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.

Your credentials stay in your own private environment - WebRun never stores your passwords.
Strict Lockdown

Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.

Domains ALLOWLIST
Typed input ALLOW
Shell command BLOCK
File uploads BLOCK
Runs in a contained environment More on policies
Good to know

Questions, answered

Will it pay the IRS for me?

No. WebRun only reads your IRS account and reports the dates and amounts. It never starts a payment, schedules one, or submits a form. Paying stays entirely with you and your bookkeeper.

How does it know what is still unpaid?

It compares the amount recorded for the current period against your IRS payment history each Monday, so the countdown reflects what has actually cleared rather than what you planned to send.

What if a deadline moves?

It reads the due dates from your IRS account on every run, so a shifted or extended date is picked up on the next Monday and the calendar hold is updated to match.

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