4 ms·

I’m supposed to pay my semi-annual property taxes (on the order of ~thousands of USD) on a site that ends in .org instead of .gov, and nobody apparently sees an

• bombcar 3y ago
  Now that I think of it, I'm not sure I've ever seen a government payment site hosted on .gov; usually .com.
  • 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y ago
    You can tell it's legit if they charge you $2 extra for a credit card instead of a bank transfer lol
    • bombcar 3y ago
      Most have gone that way, but a few were still letting you put your entire property tax on credit card with no fee whatsoever as recently as last year. Woohoo free miles! Sometimes the fee is so low that even when they do charge it, it's worth using the credit card.
      • JoshTriplett 3y ago
        Yeah, I've encountered sites that charge a 1% fee for using a credit card, but I get 1.5% cash back.
• kube-system 3y ago
  Some places in the US outsource not only payment processing, but the entire tax collection process to the private sector. I've heard stories of people living in Pennsylvania who have gone years without filing their local tax return because they thought the tax form was spam. Nope, that sketchy looking mail from some random business, with the .com address is the legally designated tax collector.
• 15457345234 3y ago
  id.me Still can't believe it Best hope the government of Macedonia remains friendly I guess
  • calgarymicro 3y ago
    *Montenegro