Pay taxes by credit card: Pay Income Tax with American Express® Card, Discover® Card, MasterCard®, or Visa® card

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Last year I paid my taxes with my American Express card – at least the portion of taxes that I didn’t already pay up in cash, or directly from my checking account with a check written (or was it by debit card?) – whatever, thank our Master they are paid!

 I used Official Payments, and they aren’t a scam because everything went through just fine and the IRS is happy with us. Finding out how much you owe the IRS online is another story – in fact, there really wasn’t a way for me to look up my balance initially – IDK, read that post for the details of how to get the amount you owe by phone, and then once you begin installment payments, you can see that balance owed as you pay it down each month. 

Going back through my old blog posts, I was led to this IRS page about paying taxes by credit and or debit card, and I see they list a number of different places, like World Pay US, Inc. and Link2Gov Corporation as well, but I’ve only used the Official Payments Corporation, so I don’t know about the other two.

 Leave comments if you’ve used any of them, please.

They do show the various convenience fees that the different places charge you for using your credit card to pay taxes online or by phone – along with the customer service numbers to help you. There’s also a table that lists the providers, like Official Payments, File Your Taxes and World Pay US, Inc. that offer integrated e-file and e-pay.

 “Generally, taxpayers can make a payment through the above-named service providers using an American Express® Card, Discover® Card, MasterCard® or Visa® card. Taxpayers can visit the service provider's web site for payment method options,” writes the IRS.

Okay, since it’s that time of year, I’m going to gather all my expenses up in a little while and praise the Lord for the monies once again to pay all our debts and then some. He makes miracles even when I don’t always steward the money as correctly and efficiently as I should. Bless Him. Again.