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.

I hope "home depot" really means OFFICE DEPOT...

Yes, just fixed.

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

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

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.

What is the maximum value that you can add to VISA debit card at Office Depot?

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!

$500. but you can do few cards.

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

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.