I wasn't referring to financing it. Nobody in their right mind would do that. If you pay your bill in full at the end of month you don't incur those usury rates. Many people treat a credit card like cash.

Well that's mostly what I was referring too. But regardless, the government also probably doesn't want you to pay your taxes with a payment method where you can easily issue chargebacks.

If you have the money to pay your taxes, less hassle for the government for you to not pay with debt. If you don't have the money better to just pay late.

>"But regardless, the government also probably doesn't want you to pay your taxes with a payment method where you can easily issue chargebacks."

You realize the IRS accepts check right? You could also just easily put a stop payment on a check or write a bad check. There would be no point in doing that of course just like there would be no point in in issuing a chargeback for a card payment.

The IRS accepts checks for historical reasons, and I guarantee you people have written bad checks for their tax payments. Alas people do silly things like that regardless of your assertion that it is pointless.