What’s considered taxable income? Just about anything you can think of, according to this list on the IRS website. However one thing you will find notably absent are credit card rewards. At least for now, but will that soon change? The reason credit card rewards have typically not been counted as taxable income is because […]
Why Credit Card Tax Payments Are [Usually] a Bad Idea
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These days almost everyone accepts plastic, including the IRS. Thanks to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the federal government accepts income tax payments by “any commercially acceptable means,” which includes debit and credit cards. But just because you can do something, it doesn’t necessarily mean you should. More often than not, paying your taxes with a […]
