Originally Posted by cincypix
OK I am an IRS employee in my day job as a contact rep on the biz hotline ...
so here's my .02
USING CARDS TO PAY YOUR TAXES IS A RIPOFF IF YOU WANT MILES!
I'll agree with you - to a point!
(I am an ex-IRS tax auditor!
)
I agree that at 2.5%, it does not make sense to pay for your tax bill with plastic. But at the times that the credit card companies (such as with the UA Visa) offer double miles, the cost is esentially $0.0125/mile!
That is the
only time I use plastic for the IRS!
I just had a $25+K bill that yielded over 51,000 miles. The cost was $522 or ~$0.0103/mile!
Although it cost a few miles more, it felt good to get a trip to
Asia for paying your IRS bill!