Council Tax by Credit Card - = cash?

LittleVoice

My local council accepts payment by CC. Does anyone know whether this would count as a cash payment by a CC company or whether it is treated as a normal merchant spend?

jimbo26

I'd like to know this as well. My local council gives a discount for up front payment. So if I paid on a cc with 0% purchase interest I could save myself a bit of dosh.

calibrax

I often pay mine via credit card using the council's online payment service (Medway council). Have paid via both Egg and Capital One, and every time it's been treated as a normal purchase, not cash.

jimbo26

Thanks for that.

sicker

Lucky you, I wish Edinburgh council would accept credit card payments but no chance. Hope yours don't change thier mind.

John

Biggles

Mine used to, but stopped a few years ago, shame.

It always went through as a normal purchase - no reason why it wouldn't, really.

LittleVoice

Thinking logically - I suppose Council Tax isn't like a gift voucher or betting, is it? (Better not give them ideas about another way of getting interest out of us.)

chappers

my Council charge a 1.5% fee for paying by credit card though

LittleVoice

chappers wrote: »

my Council charge a 1.5% fee for paying by credit card though

There's no mention of that on my council website but I wouldn't be surprised. As use of a CC is available only via telephone, I'll be able to ask before paying.

Stephen_Leak

sicker wrote: »

Lucky you, I wish Edinburgh council would accept credit card payments but no chance. Hope yours don't change thier mind.

John

Or realise how much accepting CC payments is costing them. See post 8. Edinburgh are probably more switched onto this than others: you know what us Scots are like with money.

chappers

LittleVoice wrote: »

There's no mention of that on my council website but I wouldn't be surprised. As use of a CC is available only via telephone, I'll be able to ask before paying.

If it's the same as my council thenthey do that for security reasons and it tells you what they charge on the phone line.