ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

[cove]

With SQ coming back to more normal schedules we think our stash of Amplify points from ATO may be of value. It may still be a winner despite ATO being stopped by St George.
This past weekend 2 family members booked business class to CDG using AA miles for a 3 day trip.
My youngest son is flying SQ Suites in April out of Singapore with his partner for London.

 

[leyy]

thanks for the tip with Beemit. Used it with the Dragon and had no problems.

Only issue is $2000 limited with Beemit, does anyone know if this can be increased?

Also need to confirm points for the transactions and not treated as a cash advance. will provide update in a few days.

 

[daft009]

thanks for the tip with Beemit. Used it with the Dragon and had no problems.

Only issue is $2000 limited with Beemit, does anyone know if this can be increased?

Also need to confirm points for the transactions and not treated as a cash advance. will provide update in a few days.

No limit increase possible.
Not possible to increase the 10k/month either

 

[BriarFlyer]

I'm giving Beem It a try, thanks to the mentions here. Worked fine the first 2 days @ $2,000 but today I'm getting an "internal server error" on several attempts as reported by @ramamba last month. Is this a regular thing? Does it not like the same payment repeated on consecutive days or...?

 

[daft009]

I'm giving Beem It a try, thanks to the mentions here. Worked fine the first 2 days @ $2,000 but today I'm getting an "internal server error" on several attempts as reported by @ramamba last month. Is this a regular thing? Does it not like the same payment repeated on consecutive days or...?

i got the same error for another biller yesterday and a 1off payment
support suggested to uninstall/reinstall the app

by that time I'd already paid using another method so didnt try again

 

[BriarFlyer]

Thanks @daft009. I uninstalled/reinstalled and got the same "internal server error" result. Tried a different bill, same result. Might just permanently uninstall it.

 

[ScubaMel]

I have a Fee-help debt that I will be making a voluntary payment on this month and a qantas Amex card. what Is the best way to use my card to make the payment. i saw some references to paying hecs but the comments were several years old.

 

[albyd]

I don’t have any direct experience in this area. If there’s a BPay option, then Sniip looks like it will be the simplest way to do it with Amex and get points at 1.5% if that works for your points valuation. There may be other methods with Gift Cards from supermarkets tho they’re likely to be more labour intensive and not cost free. YMMV.

 

[ramamba]

I'm giving Beem It a try, thanks to the mentions here. Worked fine the first 2 days @ $2,000 but today I'm getting an "internal server error" on several attempts as reported by @ramamba last month. Is this a regular thing? Does it not like the same payment repeated on consecutive days or...?

I raised a support ticket with them back then, and they traced it back to my card issuer (anz). Took some time but it was eventually resolved.

 

[BriarFlyer]

Thanks @ramamba. I used another payment method in that instance, but yesterday tried Beem with a different ATO bill and it went straight through.

 

[Scr77]

Anyone using pay.com.au? They are advertising 1st month free but I wonder if that includes the credit card fees?

They claim to have the lowest rates.

 

[pangwen]

Anyone using pay.com.au? They are advertising 1st month free but I wonder if that includes the credit card fees?

They claim to have the lowest rates.

I did, but a little less now. When I joined, the free promotion was a free Premium subscription (usually $165/month) - you still needed to pay the credit card fees. I currently prefer using Yak Pay, as I don't spend enough to justify the paid pay.com.au plans. Comparing the free plan level, YP has lower (or equal) credit card fees, plus the ability to earn QBR or Velocity points.

 

[drron]

I am just happy that I will never again have to use a CC to pay the ATO.

 

[cove]

Gee @drron we will need a slew of new taxes to get you back. We might succeed with this after the votes get counted next Saturday.
We could of course jump GST from 10% to 20% to bail out some States.

 

[drross]

Gee @drron we will need a slew of new taxes to get you back. We might succeed with this after the votes get counted next Saturday.
We could of course jump GST from 10% to 20% to bail out some States.

Thanks not funny Cove

 

[PLANT]

Drop the Cove

 

[cove]

The only card I have that pays reasonable points on ATO gets us Qantas points and right now those points are so devalued I have not been bothering. I look for business class flights and the redemption points are ridiculous.

 

[kookaburra75]

Gee @drron we will need a slew of new taxes to get you back. We might succeed with this after the votes get counted next Saturday.
We could of course jump GST from 10% to 20% to bail out some States.

Chuckle - how quickly the West forgets.
When I lived and worked in WA in the 80's, I saw at least 2 boom and bust cycles, as everything was based around gold, not iron ore so much. The rest of Australia helped out WA then to get through then. But I agree, things will have to change.

 

[ChrisMars]

Hello ATO brain people
I have zero experience in squeezing points from the ATO. Are there ways to get qantas or virgin points for less than 0.5% fee those days? That would be for a personal taxe bill (not business).

 

[jbman]

Hello ATO brain people
I have zero experience in squeezing points from the ATO. Are there ways to get qantas or virgin points for less than 0.5% fee those days? That would be for a personal taxe bill (not business).

Beem for under $2k a day