This is just a quick reminder that second quarter estimated taxes are due in a couple of days. And for those who haven’t yet maxed out their Chase Freedom 5X spend this quarter, it should be possible to pay your taxes with your Freedom card via Paypal in order to earn 5X rewards. Specifically, PayUSATax.com advertises that they accept checkout via Paypal. There is a 1.97% fee, but you gain much more than that in rewards.
For complete details about how to earn miles when paying taxes, see our updated guide: Complete guide to paying taxes via credit card, debit card, or gift card.
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Hi, Greg. I think this might be dead. I paid my estimated taxes a couple of days and the confirmation from PayPal said that the tax portion would code as PAYUSATAX and the convenience fee would code as PAYPAL *PAYUSATAX.
On a previous payment, both parts coded as PAYPAL *PAYUSATAX.
That suggests the tax payment itself will post as a purchase. My statement doesn’t close for a couple of weeks, so I won’t know for sure until then.
I’ve been doing ‘Offical Payments’ for years no hassle..
That happened to me also! Only the convenience fee posted as paypal. You can see that online even before your statement closes. Didn’t get the 5% on payment portion, only the fees. So I’ll call them because it should all post as paypal!
Thanks amanofwords and Lynn. Please do let us know what happens if/when you call Chase about this.
So far using message feature, I’m not getting anywhere after 2 tries. They just keep telling me I didn’t pay using Paypal, even though I keep explaining to them the fee associated with the payment did get me the 5% and it was all done through Paypal. Just tried replying to them for 3rd time! Let you know what happens.
3rd time was the charm. They asked me to send a receipt as an attachment to the SM. That worked and they manually gave me the extra points to use now.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing!
OOP.s Thanks I forgot all about that but just got down paying my EU bills as in 2 Many French dinners $$$..