ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

[MARTINE]

Of course it will - many people would never have thought of using a CC but now will do.

Whenever you log into my gov to pay a tax obligation , CC has always been there as a method of payment.
>80% of tax returns result in a refund so its a small percentage that need to pay (I am not including businesses and other ATO payments).
I agree more will likely now though!

 

[Bofter]

Whenever you log into my gov to pay a tax obligation , CC has always been there as a method of payment.
>80% of tax returns result in a refund so its a small percentage that need to pay (I am not including businesses and other ATO payments).
I agree more will likely now though!

Agree that CC payments to the ATO probably isn't that relevant to the greatest number of the public whose employers do PAYE for them and they seek a refund of varying size.
Individuals - I think there was some mention of big CGT bills as one example.
Businesses - for some small businesses, but only for those engaged in the topic.

I own and operate a small business, so my interest in the topic has been on the second front, over the past decade(-ish) and now. Not the everyone situation, but there are quite a lot of small businesses around.

 

[serfty]

Whenever you log into my gov to pay a tax obligation , CC has always been there as a method of payment.
>80% of tax returns result in a refund so its a small percentage that need to pay (I am not including businesses and other ATO payments).
I agree more will likely now though!

You cannot really exclude businesses are they the most likely to need to pay the ATO. BAS for example, monthly or quarterly and maybe annually.

Note the ability to pay by credit card has been around since 2009 - my needs predate that.

(Before 2009, BPay comes to mind as the most contemporary method.)

 

[prozac]

You cannot really exclude businesses are they the most likely to need to pay the ATO. BAS for example, monthly or quarterly and maybe annually.

Note the ability to pay by credit card has been around since 2009 - my needs predate that.

(Before 2009, BPay comes to mind as the most contemporary method.)

Correct. I have 1/4 BAS and 2 lots of scheduled PAYG etc.