Convenient for Whom?
Knowing it's coming up on the end of January and another big chunk of money must go out the window to pay for Real Property taxes, I signed onto my Bank's billpay tonight, 4 days before they're due. Normally my bank can send a transfer and pay a bill in one day. NOT with governmental agencies, it seems. The bank must cut a paper check and MAIL it to the taxing authority, which would mean my taxes... late. No problem. Each tax bill has a URL for online payments. So I pull up the nifty little website. It lets me search by last name and Voila! there's our tax bill.. Click the little box to pay in full. Total will be... WTF?!?!?! $29.34 CONVENIENCE FEE?!?!? The taxpayer goes to your designated website, accesses online account information, can CLICK to pay the current bill and it costs the taxpayer $29.34?!?!?! Here's one of those crystal clear examples of what's fiscally wrong in government today -- A LACK OF SIMPLE COMMON SENSE! There is a system set