Originally Posted by
trialsandmiles
Bought a bunch of BHN VISA gift cards in a recent sale on giftcards.com and have been trying to pay NYC property tax with them. About (200) cards in $100 increments. I'm finding I can only get 3-4 payments to go through per day before they claim "transaction declined" and tell me to call the bank. Never gonna get all these payments through before the due date at this rate. Any ideas?
I'm curious, hope you don't mind my asking. 200 cards in $100 increments seems to me like "a lot". What is the savings (amount) and is it "worth" all the additional time and energy involved? Thank you.
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Originally Posted by
Dr Jabadski
I’ve also had (in the past) occasional rejections of certain cards with certain (IRS) tax payment websites, cannot recall past details.
Tonight, due date for estimated payments, “payUSAtax” rejected an Ink Cash card twice and then accepted an AmEx Delta Biz. I called Chase to confirm the card was good to go. “Pay1040” also rejected the Ink Cash. “ACI Payments, Inc.” accepted the Ink Cash. No pattern or rhyme or reason.
(I sweated this one a bit, it was 8-9-10pm and I’m leaving at 9am for a 5 day quasi MR/MR (mileage run/mattress run) and one of the cards is 2 months old and these changes to meet minimum spend are the only charges planned for both cards. Also did NYS estimated taxes with 2 other cards. Quite pleased that it all worked out.)
Interesting that payUSAtax payment posted to my IRS online account on 6/20 or 6/21 with a posting date of 6/15/23 and ACI Payments, Inc. payment posted on 6/25/23 with a posting date of 6/15/23 and while pending ACI Payments, Inc. payment showed a date of 6/21/23.
FWIW for any New York state taxpayers here, online NYS tax payments posted online on 6/20/23 with posting date of 6/15/23. Amazing that NYS actually performs one function of government better than the IRS
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(After making payments on 6/15/23 no logins to either website until 6/20/23.)
