ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

Anyone have any experience getting the ATO to transfer a credit balance to their bank account?

Pre-paid a debt that I knew I would be up for (FY22 return) using coles gift Mastercards and it’s turned out I owed a couple of K less so have a credit balance sitting there. Likely to be any issue with getting this refunded?
 
NoName said:
Anyone have any experience getting the ATO to transfer a credit balance to their bank account?

Pre-paid a debt that I knew I would be up for (FY22 return) using coles gift Mastercards and it’s turned out I owed a couple of K less so have a credit balance sitting there. Likely to be any issue with getting this refunded?
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Not sure. I 'accidentally' overpaid BAS and they sent a text saying they would refund to original card in a month--first time this has happened to me as have previously had overpayments go back
within the week directly to bank account. I asked my accountant to contact them to ask to do directly to bank but in meantime my end-of-year income tax notice came through so they just moved the overpayment from BAS to ITA account
 
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BillytheFIsh said:
Good luck. It seems you got stuck at an interesting time with them shutting credit card payments down.

To be honest I gave up on Beem completely after my missing payment experience. My payments are generally in the low 10s of thousands so $2k at a time was painful and my card didn't work most of the time. Well done to those who stuck with it untill the end generating free points. Onto the next lurk.
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Took only one email to BeemIt to make them admit the error on their end. They refunded the missing payment back to my credit card. Great customer service. It's a shame they don't accept prepaid and credit cards anymore.
 
Thanks for sharing about the prepaid cards too @bader was hoping that would still be ‘alive’. Looks like Beem has been put to bed permanently :(
 
Skyhawk said:
ipaymy (a bill payment service) is currently offering a one-off fee free payment of up to $50K. Payees include ATO. Their fee is usually 1.25% +GST, so a saving of $687 on $50k. They accept Visa & MC.

The free payment is only available to new users that haven’t previously had an ipaymy account. The promo code is AUFIRST.

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Thank you for the heads up.

Why didn’t I check this before paying a huge tax bill?🥴. There’s always the next one! 😊
 
Is creating multiple ipaymy account feasible (different phone number but same credit card, and bill)
 
I wonder - might be an interesting idea - until they inevitably catch on. I've been trying to get my first payment through. I have been trying to make my first payment and it's stuck at the last step - they're currently investigating. After I set up my account, I received a $200 discount code in my email. I've been trying to use the AUFIRST code and it seems to be offsetting the higher amount and not rejecting - I wonder if this is why my payment is not going through.

I'll keep the thread updated when I hear back.
 
I’ve been on the phone to my card issuer westpac. Appears my daily payment limit was too small and have rectified this. Before I try again, has anyone used this service with a westpac credit card and incurred the foreign transaction fee? I ask as these guys are offshore based. I’d hate to get hit with the 3%.
 
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No but assuming if paying in AUD won’t be hit with any conversion fee - I would think not on where they are based but what currency you are charged
 
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NoName said:
Anyone have any experience getting the ATO to transfer a credit balance to their bank account?

Pre-paid a debt that I knew I would be up for (FY22 return) using coles gift Mastercards and it’s turned out I owed a couple of K less so have a credit balance sitting there. Likely to be any issue with getting this refunded?
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I have done that previously and they refunded to a bank account for me
They used the bank account that I had on file with them. Very straight forward - made me consider if you were desperate for points might "accidentally" overpay, pay the small transaction fee and get a refund. I would't rely on this method repeatedly can imagine you would make the ATO shine a spotlight on you - last thing anyone wants
 
Looks like there is a 10k limit for the first payment promo.

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Just circling back on this. I managed to get my payment through. My Westpac card was still blocked - managed to do a smaller payment on another card.

Support told me they decreased it to $10K but they enabled it again as a once off. Looks like the gate is closed on this one. Guess they didn't realise that on $50K, it was a $600 processing fee they were forgoing.

EDIT: Having some buyers' remorse. I usually do much smaller tester payments first on new payment services. Just checking the $$ has got through to the ATO for some of the posters on this thread who have used it?
 
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