On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 3:31:27 PM UTC-5, John Weiss wrote:
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> On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:29:47 -0700 (PDT), ItsJoan NotJoann
> <
itsjoan...@webtv.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I do mail in my property taxes as
> > the company that does the credit/debit card processing for the county
> > for this tax charges a 2.25% convenience fee. That doesn't sound like
> > much but it comes out to be about $43 so I'm more than willing to write
> > a check and spring for a postage stamp.
>
> The 2.25% is probably the amount the processor charges them for the
> transaction fee. The government is not willing to underwrite the fee,
> so it gets charged back to you.
>
>
I balk. Thankfully I have the choice to pay by credit/debit/check.