Paying high taxes? Here’s how you can save up to 16% by paying with these credit cards

This tax filing season, we bring to you a simple way of saving around 2-16.6% on your tax due. You can do that by paying your remaining tax due with a credit card.

For long, tax payment has been among the favourite reward earning payment categories for most credit card holders. It’s a non-discretionary expense, so you don’t have to spend extra, as is the case with shopping, to earn rewards. However, most banks have either completely removed or downgraded rewards on non-discretionary expenses, including tax payments.

HDFC Infinia, the most rewarding credit card in the premium category, stopped offering rewards on government spends in December 2022. Credit cards from Axis bank, which have been among the most sought-after cards in the past 2-3 years for their unmatchable high reward rates, were devalued of tax payments rewards in September 2023.

Despite some of the high-rewarding credit cards exempted from offering rewards on tax payments, there are still some options left that can get you a sweet deal.

Mint has listed down three of the best rewarding cards for tax payments—Standard Chartered Ultimate, ​HDFC BizBlack and Standard Chartered Smart.

Apart from their reward rates, we also bring you the details of their other features, fees, the avenues where you can redeem the earned rewards, and the shortcomings of each of these cards that you need to keep in mind.

For instance, the HDFC BizBlack is the highest rewarding credit card currently that offers a reward rate of 16.6% on tax payments under certain conditions.

Take note that there are other credit cards that offer rewards on tax payments, but they are not as rewarding as the three listed below:

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