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Will County treasurer outlines online payment options and warns of credit-card fees
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Treasurer Tim Brophy described the county's online payment options, encouraged ACH/eCheck to avoid 2.28% card fees, and noted consumer payment apps lack required payer data or have transaction limits that make them unsuitable for many property-tax payments.
Will County Treasurer Tim Brophy briefed the committee on electronic payment options for property taxes and other county receipts and urged residents to use ACH/eCheck to avoid a negotiated 2.28% credit-card processing fee. Brophy said the county's current vendor charges 2.28% for card payments and that funds paid by card go to the card processor, not the county. "The credit card rate we negotiate is at 2.28%. So that payment would have cost them about $700 in fees," Brophy said of an example $30,000 tax bill. Brophy…
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