There is a charge on my Credit Card Statement, "L2G*service fee $14.84. Can you tell me what it is for? (2024)

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‎June 6, 20193:53 AM

L2G stands for Link to Government. The $14.84 is the service fee charged by the processing company in behalf of the IRS for using your credit card to make the payment you owed for your taxes.

@mk21459 - The "L2G" processing fee has nothing to do with TurboTax whatsoever.It is a fee charged by IRS payment processors when you choose to pay your *tax* with a credit card.That has nothing to do with paying the separate TurboTax fees for the use of the software.

See the IRS website for information.

<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/uac/pay-taxes-by-credit-or-debit-card">https://www.irs.gov/uac/pay-taxes-by-cred...>

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L2G stands for Link to Government. The $14.84 is the service fee charged by the processing company in behalf of the IRS for using your credit card to make the payment you owed for your taxes.

@Kube - This thread (and link) could be several years old. This thread was on the old Answer Exchange which was migrated to this new forum on 6/6/2019 so it has that date. Old links did not transfer properly and is causing a lot of confusion in this new forum.

The current link to the IRS website for paying with a credit card is:

https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-taxes-by-credit-or-debit-card

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I received an l2g processing charge of $45.89! This is outrageous, particularly in view of the $14.84 charge referenced here, and since I did not itemize. Note that the L2g charge is in addition to the Intuit fee I paid. This is enough to convince me that from now on I will hand-prepare my tax return. While Turbotax provides an easy to follow process to file one's taxes, the added charges nullify the convenience. Again, outrageous!

For help with your pre-paid Visa card:

Call (888) 285-4169

There is a “Help” link in the top corner of the web site for the card:

https://www.turboprepaidcard.intuit.com/

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It depends upon the amount of your tax liability. Please see the following links from the IRS as to the rates charged and how the amounts are charged.

IRS Credit card processor fees

IRS Payment Processor Fee Comparison based upon payment amount

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