ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

[benoles]

Hi,
I can confirm the HSBC Platinum Qantas Visa works...interestingly, you can pay your HSBC bill at the post office using your Qantas debit card. Gives you 1.5 points per dollar for the 0.42% (or 2 points per dollar with the Qantas cash promotion).

Just saying...

 

[amaroo]

Hi,
I can confirm the HSBC Platinum Qantas Visa works...interestingly, you can pay your HSBC bill at the post office using your Qantas debit card. Gives you 1.5 points per dollar for the 0.42% (or 2 points per dollar with the Qantas cash promotion).

Just saying...

Excellent first post :!:

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Excellent first post :!:

I concur - the warmest of welcomes to AFF benoles - valuable information like that is greatly appreciated.

 

[Buzzard]

Hi,
I can confirm the HSBC Platinum Qantas Visa works...interestingly, you can pay your HSBC bill at the post office using your Qantas debit card. Gives you 1.5 points per dollar for the 0.42% (or 2 points per dollar with the Qantas cash promotion).

Just saying...

Perhaps one of the best first posts I have read. Unfortunately I dont have an HSBC card that I can pay at the PO.

A warm welcome to AFF benoles.

 

[FrankC]

Hi,
I can confirm the HSBC Platinum Qantas Visa works...interestingly, you can pay your HSBC bill at the post office using your Qantas debit card. Gives you 1.5 points per dollar for the 0.42% (or 2 points per dollar with the Qantas cash promotion).

Just saying...

Sorry, am little bit confused
Do you mean Qantas Cash? And if so, which account do you select - credit/ cheque or savings?
Also do you pay at the counter or at self serve machine?

Cheers

 

[get me outta here]

You can also pay the WQFEDR cc at the Wollies counter up to a max of $2k a day. Actually, it may not be a daily limit, but maybe a 'visit' limit. Also, there is no charge to pay at Woolies counter, unlike say the 28D card at the PO and they will charge $2 last time I did it when it was useful for cash loading.

 

[burmans]

Perhaps one of the best first posts I have read. Unfortunately I dont have an HSBC card that I can pay at the PO.

A warm welcome to AFF benoles.

Well its not only the HSBC card that can be paid at the PO I believe! So may work for others as well.

 

[rogerkambah]

Just looked at some accounts. Qantas Amex and David Jones Amex both indicate they can be paid at the PO, although the PO charges $2 for this service. DJ Amex can be paid at a DJ store so no fee involved there, (like Woolies EDCC). HSBC Plat CC 'attracts' a $2.95 HSBC fee (according to HSBC statement), maybe a PO fee as well.

Just have to remember to load Qcash card around 8 biz days before account is due - 4 days to load to Qcash, 4 days for PO to pay.

 

[Jleno]

Hi,
I can confirm the HSBC Platinum Qantas Visa works...interestingly, you can pay your HSBC bill at the post office using your Qantas debit card. Gives you 1.5 points per dollar for the 0.42% (or 2 points per dollar with the Qantas cash promotion).

Just saying...

Has anyone seen points being allocated for such payments (ie verified?) as points are only allocated for "eligible purchases include all purchases of goods and services made using Qantas Cash".

 

[Deleted User]

Reading in here, it seems that there is still a lot of "testing" going on which is very pleasing indeed...

 

[caltan82]

All Big 4 are working.
I swear we need a "What cards are still working for ATO spend?" thread because the question keeps getting asked every couple of days and the answer doesn't bloody change! (And hasn't since CitiRewards stopped.)

Thanks for the response, I appreciate people hate repeating what can be found within the thread, but this thread is over 300 pages long, and i couldn't find a definitive answer which i'd like to receive prior to signing up for a new card with a circa $400 annual fee...

In any case looks like I have a suitable answer, keep using plat amex at 1pt/$ or get Altitude Black 3pt/$ (but 3pt=1.5 Enrich Pts). Now given I have a $100k SRO bill coming up and a number of large BAS bills i can pay, and Altitude Black is giving Double points for 3 months to new members, i think i will go black!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Now given I have a $100k SRO bill coming up and a number of large BAS bills i can pay, and Altitude Black is giving Double points for 3 months to new members, i think i will go black!

That's a no-brainer catlan - no decision to be made - NIKE!

 

[Mark3000]

Thanks for the response, I appreciate people hate repeating what can be found within the thread, but this thread is over 300 pages long, and i couldn't find a definitive answer which i'd like to receive prior to signing up for a new card with a circa $400 annual fee...

In any case looks like I have a suitable answer, keep using plat amex at 1pt/$ or get Altitude Black 3pt/$ (but 3pt=1.5 Enrich Pts). Now given I have a $100k SRO bill coming up and a number of large BAS bills i can pay, and Altitude Black is giving Double points for 3 months to new members, i think i will go black!

A great plan I think.
And do we all agree that when signing up for new cards and putting lots of BAS /ATO on them, that we need to mix in lots of other small, regular shopping type transactions also, because statements full of large ATO bills and nothing else are likely to result in Westpac following Citi and reducing ATO points dramatically. The Citibank ATO golden goose is dead, and we don't want the same to happen to the Westpac black

 

[prozac]

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In any case looks like I have a suitable answer, keep using plat amex at 1pt/$ or get Altitude Black 3pt/$ (but 3pt=1.5 Enrich Pts). Now given I have a $100k SRO bill coming up and a number of large BAS bills i can pay, and Altitude Black is giving Double points for 3 months to new members, i think i will go black!

You know what they say? Once you've had......probably best left for another thread.

Welcome to AFF caltan.

 

[Buzzard]

Just looked at some accounts. Qantas Amex and David Jones Amex both indicate they can be paid at the PO, although the PO charges $2 for this service. DJ Amex can be paid at a DJ store so no fee involved there, (like Woolies EDCC). HSBC Plat CC 'attracts' a $2.95 HSBC fee (according to HSBC statement), maybe a PO fee as well.

Just have to remember to load Qcash card around 8 biz days before account is due - 4 days to load to Qcash, 4 days for PO to pay.

To clarify, it is not the PO that charges the fee. Any fee to pay your credit card etc at the PO is actually charged by the agency principal. Likewise it is not the PO that decides what can and can not be paid by credit card, again it is the biller that makes that decision.

Edit to add: If using your Qantas Cash card at a PO, you need to select credit as the method of payment - savings will not work. Therefore any bill you wish to pay with this card, credit must be one of the payment options available.

 

[Newk]

Thanks for the response, I appreciate people hate repeating what can be found within the thread, but this thread is over 300 pages long, and i couldn't find a definitive answer which i'd like to receive prior to signing up for a new card with a circa $400 annual fee...

In any case looks like I have a suitable answer, keep using plat amex at 1pt/$ or get Altitude Black 3pt/$ (but 3pt=1.5 Enrich Pts). Now given I have a $100k SRO bill coming up and a number of large BAS bills i can pay, and Altitude Black is giving Double points for 3 months to new members, i think i will go black!

trust me, if one of the cards mentioned in this thread as working stops working you will read it here in a millisecond (and may I also point that out to any other newcomers)

 

[caltan82]

A great plan I think.
And do we all agree that when signing up for new cards and putting lots of BAS /ATO on them, that we need to mix in lots of other small, regular shopping type transactions also, because statements full of large ATO bills and nothing else are likely to result in Westpac following Citi and reducing ATO points dramatically. The Citibank ATO golden goose is dead, and we don't want the same to happen to the Westpac black

I'll use it for all spend except Safeway shopping, inc gift cards and reward bonuses. So it'll get a mixed workout though dollar wise gov charges will be highest by far.

 

[Deleted User]

Might be time to venture back to ANZ perhaps... I'm pretty sure these guys still allow ATO...

Frequent Flyer - Member Specials - Pay - ANZ Frequent Flyer Platinum Card

 

[Buzzard]

Might be time to venture back to ANZ perhaps... I'm pretty sure these guys still allow ATO...

Frequent Flyer - Member Specials - Pay - ANZ Frequent Flyer Platinum Card

Good post shintaro10x, I use the Amex one for ATO + many other things. Whenever Amex is not accepted I use my Citi Signature Visa.

 

[sumthinfornuthin]

Hi,
I can confirm the HSBC Platinum Qantas Visa works...interestingly, you can pay your HSBC bill at the post office using your Qantas debit card. Gives you 1.5 points per dollar for the 0.42% (or 2 points per dollar with the Qantas cash promotion).

Just saying...

Maybe I am wrong but I don't think it is 2 points per dollar for the qantas cash card

the promo says double qantas points
the T&C's say 1 point per $ 2 in Australia
So double points = 1 point per dollar

Have I read it wrong ???