I wonder if there is an opportunity there. If you have a merchant account that charges less than the taxing entity, then there is an arbitrage opportunity for a middleman.
From: Simon Westlake Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 12:42 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Powercode feature request - Charge processing fee for credit/debit card Tax and tuition payments are two of the things exempt from being unable to assess a charge purely for CC usage. Unfortunately. On 9/18/2015 1:41 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: Yeah, I would love to be able to pay my property tax with a card that gives miles. But they tack on 3% if I do this. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 12:40 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Powercode feature request - Charge processing fee for credit/debit card Uhh then why is it my electric bill can get away with a ~$15 card processing fee? As will all of the court houses for traffic tickets. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Simon Westlake <simon.westl...@digitalgunfire.com> wrote: Darin, Not a lawyer, but be careful - I'm pretty sure it's against most of the CC issuer policies to do this. http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/credit-card-convenience-fees-cost-surcharges-1280.php On 9/18/2015 1:30 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: Hey all, If some of you with Powercode would be interested in this feature, can you please vote for it on the feature request link below? Basically, this feature would automatically apply a fixed or percentage based fee to the bill for all credit or debit card payments. It would also warn the customer of this charge before they setup auto pay or submit manual payment. We would continue to allow ACH or eCheck withdrawal for free but charge for customers to use credit/debit payment method as those costs are 2-4% of the total customer bill, which we don't want to eat the cost of. Please vote for this feature if you think you might be even a little interested in this so it is available when you are. Thank you http://community.powercode.com/forums/309535-feature-requests/suggestions/9130852-payment-processing-fee-for-credit-cards -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi Like us on Facebook