Pay OTTAWA property tax and water bills with credit card for points
After going through threads here and setting up credit card bill payment with utilities for points and using the famous Canadian Tire Mastercard bill payment thread for the rest, we noted City of Ottawa was missing in the equation until looking around.
YES there are fees to use a credit card and YES payment processor is Paymentus. Stop here if that's an issue or the math does not work for your points or bonus situation. Those from Ottawa on the churn for a large spend to a bonus read on happily.
* Set up a Service Ottawa account if you haven't already to get your dog registration tags or book ice for pickup hockey or whatever
https://myservice.ottawa.ca/profile/register
* In the MyService navigation frame you will notice new items for Property Taxes and Water/Sewer
* Register for Property Tax payments online, have your roll number handy from last bill or assessment
* Register for Water / Sewer payments online, have your account number for enrollment
* Pay following prompts in MyService or here are direct links:
Taxes: http://ottawa.ca/en/serviceottawa/pay-y ... yment-card
Water: https://ipn.paymentus.com/otp/stde/cott/watersewer
Simple, however YMMV on fees vs. points depending on your card and spend.
Enjoy Ottawans, and others can maybe pitch Paymentus and the Ottawa By-law 2013-191 to your town as an idea if bill payment is really lacking... we're doing that for our cottage township this year at the open house town hall.
YES there are fees to use a credit card and YES payment processor is Paymentus. Stop here if that's an issue or the math does not work for your points or bonus situation. Those from Ottawa on the churn for a large spend to a bonus read on happily.
* Set up a Service Ottawa account if you haven't already to get your dog registration tags or book ice for pickup hockey or whatever
https://myservice.ottawa.ca/profile/register
* In the MyService navigation frame you will notice new items for Property Taxes and Water/Sewer
* Register for Property Tax payments online, have your roll number handy from last bill or assessment
* Register for Water / Sewer payments online, have your account number for enrollment
* Pay following prompts in MyService or here are direct links:
Taxes: http://ottawa.ca/en/serviceottawa/pay-y ... yment-card
Water: https://ipn.paymentus.com/otp/stde/cott/watersewer
Simple, however YMMV on fees vs. points depending on your card and spend.
Enjoy Ottawans, and others can maybe pitch Paymentus and the Ottawa By-law 2013-191 to your town as an idea if bill payment is really lacking... we're doing that for our cottage township this year at the open house town hall.