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Old Apr 16, 2012, 8:12 pm
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Make cheap UR points using INK card for tax payments
1. Go to office depot and buy $500 visa debit cards with Ink card (5 points per $1). Fee $4.95. HT to boardingarea.com/blogs/frequentmiler
2. Add your zip code online.
3. Call 1-888-9-PAY-TAXtm (did not work for me online @ payUSAtax.com) and pay $3.49 fee per transaction.
4. You can do 2 transactions a day. Tom. by noon (per them)considered before deadline.

So, each card fee of $8.44 ($4.95 plus fee of $3.49) = 2500 UR points

They said that IRS will sent automatically check for overpayment, but I would not go wild with it for obvious reasons.
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 8:47 pm
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I hope "home depot" really means OFFICE DEPOT...
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 8:48 pm
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Originally Posted by infamousdx
I hope "home depot" really means OFFICE DEPOT...
Yes, just fixed.
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 9:34 pm
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If you do it via the UR mall, you get 9 miles per dollar, so 4500. 5x for ink bold + 4x for using the mall.
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 9:39 pm
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Originally Posted by leftpinky
If you do it via the UR mall, you get 9 miles per dollar, so 4500. 5x for ink bold + 4x for using the mall.
do you mean office depot? visa card is only in store, not online
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 10:28 pm
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Isn't there a limit of two payments per quarter (transaction = payment)?
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 10:30 pm
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Originally Posted by churnity
Isn't there a limit of two payments per quarter (transaction = payment)?
They told me per day. I don't know if its per payment service. All listed here:
http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=101316,00.html
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 12:25 am
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Originally Posted by al613
do you mean office depot? visa card is only in store, not online
Staples has the gift card online. 5.95 charge per 100. not great, and might not be worth it in the long run since you only come out ahead 30 UR points per 100 vs 50 per 100$ at office depot store.
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 7:01 am
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What is the maximum value that you can add to VISA debit card at Office Depot?
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 7:09 am
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There's also the approx 2% processing fee for using a Visa card to pay taxes. So that should also probably be taken into account when calculating the cost of UR points.
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 7:41 am
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Originally Posted by murphbc
There's also the approx 2% processing fee for using a Visa card to pay taxes. So that should also probably be taken into account when calculating the cost of UR points.
Not for debit cards. This is the point!

Originally Posted by IamHungry
What is the maximum value that you can add to VISA debit card at Office Depot?
$500. but you can do few cards.
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 7:59 am
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This is great. Did you have to pay slightly less than $500 in taxes in order to cover the $3.49 fee or did you pay that fee with a different card?

Originally Posted by al613
1. Go to office depot and buy $500 visa debit cards with Ink card (5 points per $1). Fee $4.95. HT to boardingarea.com/blogs/frequentmiler
2. Add your zip code online.
3. Call 1-888-9-PAY-TAXtm (did not work for me online @ payUSAtax.com) and pay $3.49 fee per transaction.
4. You can do 2 transactions a day. Tom. by noon (per them)considered before deadline.

So, each card fee of $8.44 ($4.95 plus fee of $3.49) = 2500 UR points

They said that IRS will sent automatically check for overpayment, but I would not go wild with it for obvious reasons.
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 8:40 am
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Originally Posted by Frequent Miler
This is great. Did you have to pay slightly less than $500 in taxes in order to cover the $3.49 fee or did you pay that fee with a different card?
First card $496.51, second $496.50
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 8:48 am
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Originally Posted by al613
First card $496.51, second $496.50
Why not both $496.51?
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 8:56 am
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Why not both $496.51?
For some reason they could not do it up to the whole amount. I only was able to do it on the phone with a live rep, not online.
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