The Best Credit Card Offers to Pay Your Local Taxes

Updated May 31, 2024
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Alexandrine Bertrand
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To the point You can pay your municipal or school taxes with a credit card. Here are the best cards to earn lots of points!

Like every year, milesopedia readers are looking for the best credit card to use to pay for their municipal or school taxes, in order to earn points or money.

In Canada, the two best services for paying bills with a credit card are:

In this article, we’ll take a look at the best credit cards to apply for and use these services to pay for your municipal or school taxes.

The two options for paying municipal taxes with a credit card

PaySimply and municipal taxes

With PaySimply – a Canadian company- you can pay many bills with a credit card.

Named as one of Canada’s best managed companies, it is a partner with the Canada Revenue Agency and Canada Post.

The fee is 2.5% and is lower than Plastiq.

If your city is not available on Plastiq, you can use this solution (or vice versa)! Large and smaller cities are supported for payment by Mastercard, Visa and American Express such as Montreal, Quebec or Saguenay.

This is a great option for paying your municipal or school organization.

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Plastiq and municipal taxes

Municipal taxes can be paid by Visa and Mastercard with Plastiq, for a fee of 2.9%.

Plastiq Paiement 2,9%

Municipal Taxes: Credit Cards for Consumers

Travel Rewards

Here are the best credit card offers with travel reward points to pay your municipal taxes:

American Express cards in particular come to mind, as they require a minimum amount to unlock the welcome bonus. Such as the American Express Platinum Card®.

Aeroplan

Here are the best Aeroplan credit card offers to pay your municipal taxes:

American Express cards in particular come to mind, as they require a minimum amount to unlock the welcome bonus. For example, the American Express® AeroplanMD* Reserve Card ExpressMD :

Hotel points

Here are the best credit card offers with hotel points to pay your municipal taxes:

Cash Back

Here are the best cash back credit card offers for paying your municipal taxes:

You could get a minimum welcome bonus of $200 for each of these cards.

AIR MILES

Here are the best AIR MILES credit card offers for paying your municipal taxes:

Right now, the best Mastercard credit card for paying municipal and school taxes is the BMO® AIR MILES® World Elite®* Mastercard. What’s more, once a year, this card offers a 25% discount on airline tickets purchased on the AIR MILES site.

Here is the current welcome offer:

Municipal Taxes: Credit Cards for Business

Travel Rewards for Business

You can get a nice welcome bonus by paying for your municipal and school taxes with a credit card that offers travel points for professionals, self-employed workers or small businesses!

The Business Platinum Card® from American Express comes to mind:

Aeroplan for Business

Right now, the best Aeroplan for Business credit card offer to pay your municipal taxes is the American Express® AeroplanMD* Business Reserve Card ExpressMD :

Hotel Points for Business

Here’s the best hotel points credit card offer for businesses to pay your municipal taxes:

Cash Back for Business

You can get a nice welcome bonus by paying for your municipal and school taxes with a credit card that offers cash back for professionals, self-employed workers or small businesses!

This is the BMO® CashBack® Business Mastercard®*.

Here is the current welcome offer:

AIR MILES for Business

You can get a nice welcome bonus by paying your municipal and school taxes with an AIR MILES credit card for professionals, self-employed workers or small businesses!

This is the BMO AIR MILES® World Elite®* Mastercard for Business:

Here is the current welcome offer:

BMO also provides a no-fee AIR MILES business credit card.

Here is the current welcome offer:

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Jean-Maximilien, President and Founder of Milesopedia, is a recognized expert in rewards programs, credit cards, and travel in Canada and France. Approaching forty and a father of two, he has travelled to over 100 countries, half of them with his children and his wife, Audrey. Specializing in top loyalty programs like Aeroplan, American Express Membership Rewards, and Marriott Bonvoy, he guides travellers to maximize their benefits across North America and Europe.
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