ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

[Isochronous]

Re: Credit cards and FF points for ATO transactions

Westpac Platinum Kris Flyer (no longer taking applications) and Woolworths Platinum Qantas everyday rewards CC appears to be changing around March 1st. ANZ black Amex is working.
All Australian Citibank cards are gone.
Bankwest Platinum has worked but new card earn rates may have been lowered.

BankWest Qantas World should still be okay.

 

[cove]

Re: Credit cards and FF points for ATO transactions

Dianne as JohnM says it is mostly on the big thread he listed for you.

 

[ausfox]

So what are the suggestion for changing?

 

[vetrade]

Re: Credit cards and FF points for ATO transactions

Anz Platinum rewards card is still generating points for ATO payments

 

[burmans]

So what are the suggestion for changing?

Thats the 64K question and doesnt seem like there are many "good" answers!

 

[cove]

Cards that do not appear closed off include ANZ Black, Bankwest Platinum, HSBC, NAB Amex. Everything is fluid and some have new limits and lower earn rates now. I have only used the first two out of this list as I still have other cards that still work but are now not marketed.

 

[cove]

Missed the one that currently has an unresolved financial planning scandal....hang on there might be more than one of those. If you go which bank that might help.
Do not use this listing as anything other than a starting point as YMMV applies to posts 4026 and 4027.

 

[cove]

Rooflyer your in box is full of good stuff but yes too full for my thank you message.

 

[RooFlyer]

Rooflyer your in box is full of good stuff but yes too full for my thank you message.

Thanks ... cleared now.

 

[albyd]

You can add CBA to the list too. Looks like the number of viable issuers is shrinking

Looks like I took too long to press send. Looks like you beat me to it cove.

 

[albyd]

Looks like I waited too long to press send. Looks like you beat me to it cove.

Technical issues sorry about the double post.

 

[ninja-tim]

I think NAB velocity still working, from what I gathered in this thread few weeks back.

 

[amaroo]

You can add CBA to the list too. Looks like the number of viable issuers is shrinking

Looks like I took too long to press send. Looks like you beat me to it cove.

FWIW check earn rates .... one is different from the others

 

[albyd]

Top tier works best esp with double promo this month on MC assuming they don't copy Westpac with black last year & selectively not honor it.

 

[VAG newbie]

Just wondering, for all those "bad cards" that don't earn points on ATO, do they still earn points on other government charges such as council rates, utility bill, land tax...etc? Most of these only accept Visa/MC, so I am looking to get a Visa/MC with good earn rate. Citibank signature visa or Virgin High Flyer seem pretty good but if they don't earn points on rates/utilities....etc, it's pointless (no pun intended).

 

[cove]

They paid on ours last month for our two cards. Just keep testing.

 

[burmans]

Just wondering, for all those "bad cards" that don't earn points on ATO, do they still earn points on other government charges such as council rates, utility bill, land tax...etc? Most of these only accept Visa/MC, so I am looking to get a Visa/MC with good earn rate. Citibank signature visa or Virgin High Flyer seem pretty good but if they don't earn points on rates/utilities....etc, it's pointless (no pun intended).

Rates and utilities definitely not government charges and all indications are that land tax gets points too (until they just make the change one day).

 

[DeKa]

Does anyone know if GE Money cards (eg Coles Rewards MasterCard) pay points on ATO?
I'm starting to think if it's too hard earning FF points, at the very least a cashback in terms of 'free' shopping at Coles would be worthwhile.
2 Flybuys points per dollar ... each $1000 of tax paid would cost $4.80 in fees, but earn $10 Flybuys Dollars so a good return.

 

[ETA_2022]

Does anyone know if GE Money cards (eg Coles Rewards MasterCard) pay points on ATO? ...

The Coles MasterCard (with rewards) does. (Last ATO payment on December 12 got points, as did the previous year's payment.) The only problem is they're Flybuys points, but I guess they're still better than nothing.

 

[cove]

FlyBuy points are close to useless so don't spend too many micro seconds working on them with ATO.
We have done pointy end flights ever since js started this thread so thank you js.