Pay Taxes, Earn Miles
May 31, 2001, 1:58 pm
#1
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Pay Taxes, Earn Miles
Hi Everyone,
Many of you probably know this, however, I came across this great site which tells you how you can get miles while paying your taxes. The site's address is http://www.fly-free.com/paytaxes.html. Before you know it, tax season is right around the corner.
To pay Federal Income Taxes with any Frequent Flyer Credit Card, use one of the following Toll FREE numbers:
1-800-2PAY-TAX (272-9829) Official Payments Corp.
1-888-ALL-TAXX (255-8299) Phone Charge
Or online at:
www.officialpayments.com
www.about1888alltaxx.com
If anyone has any other great ways to get frequent flyer miles please let me know. I am very new at this and am still learning the ropes.
Thanks,
Many of you probably know this, however, I came across this great site which tells you how you can get miles while paying your taxes. The site's address is http://www.fly-free.com/paytaxes.html. Before you know it, tax season is right around the corner.
To pay Federal Income Taxes with any Frequent Flyer Credit Card, use one of the following Toll FREE numbers:
1-800-2PAY-TAX (272-9829) Official Payments Corp.
1-888-ALL-TAXX (255-8299) Phone Charge
Or online at:
www.officialpayments.com
www.about1888alltaxx.com
If anyone has any other great ways to get frequent flyer miles please let me know. I am very new at this and am still learning the ropes.
Thanks,
May 31, 2001, 2:23 pm
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My town lets you pay property taxes (auto, house, boat, etc) with a credit card, but only if they have gone deleniquent. June 30th, can't do it, July 1st, you can pay with a card.
If you let them go delinquent anyways, then it's worth doing. I believe the interest is 1.5% per month, with a minimum of $2.50. Certainly not worth doing just for the miles, but if you miss the due date anyways, and since they don't take checks for delinquent taxes (money order, ATM, Credit or Cash only), then it makes some sense to get the miles too.
If you let them go delinquent anyways, then it's worth doing. I believe the interest is 1.5% per month, with a minimum of $2.50. Certainly not worth doing just for the miles, but if you miss the due date anyways, and since they don't take checks for delinquent taxes (money order, ATM, Credit or Cash only), then it makes some sense to get the miles too.
May 31, 2001, 2:42 pm
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See also http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/003968.html for another discussion. Delta AMEX ran a double miles promo for tax payments earlier this year, which made it a reasonable proposition. The links are in the above-referenced thread.
May 31, 2001, 3:54 pm
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Whether or not it's worth it really depends on how you use the miles. If you get a 25,000 mile domestic coach ticket, it barely pays if at all. However, if you apply the miles toward a round trip F class ticket to Europe, it's very worth it.
Jun 2, 2001, 12:45 pm
#8
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 685
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by sdix:
$100K in taxes = $2500 in fees.
100K points = 1 first class ticket = approx $8-$12,000
It's worth it.</font>
$100K in taxes = $2500 in fees.
100K points = 1 first class ticket = approx $8-$12,000
It's worth it.</font>
