Thanks for reaching out to us here in the Community, @davenagelexcavat.
I'll share the steps on how you can view your federal tax payments. While QBO automatically downloads transactions every night, you can refresh your connection to get the latest available transactions. Let me guide you how.
Go to the Banking menu. Then, select the Banking tab.
Highlight the checking account where your federal tax payment was posted.
Click the Update button. If asked, enter your Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Hit Continue update.