Originally Posted by itsme
And I very much doubt that there is any way to finesse the "convenience fee" when paying taxes by credit or debit card. And I will believe it is possible to use either a credit or debit card without any such fee and earn miles doing so when I see a working model of a perpetual motion machine.
You are mistaken.
Regardless of the inaccuracies of the NYT article, they were correct about the debit card offer. I already confirmed it. Through this H&R Block software offer, you could use pay1040 to put taxes on your debit card and the convenience fee would be waived. If it's offered in 2007, I will definitely switch to H&R Block.
I don't know why you think it's so hard to believe. H&R offered a gift to help win over customers from TaxAct and TurboTax.
Edited to add: Maybe H&R had a limit on the fee-free payment. I didn't ask, but it would address your "perpetual motion" statement.