Now that I think of it, I'm not sure I've ever seen a government payment site hosted on .gov; usually .com.

You can tell it's legit if they charge you $2 extra for a credit card instead of a bank transfer lol

Most have gone that way, but a few were still letting you put your entire property tax on credit card with no fee whatsoever as recently as last year.

Woohoo free miles! Sometimes the fee is so low that even when they do charge it, it's worth using the credit card.

Yeah, I've encountered sites that charge a 1% fee for using a credit card, but I get 1.5% cash back.

Some places in the US outsource not only payment processing, but the entire tax collection process to the private sector. I've heard stories of people living in Pennsylvania who have gone years without filing their local tax return because they thought the tax form was spam. Nope, that sketchy looking mail from some random business, with the .com address is the legally designated tax collector.

id.me

Still can't believe it

Best hope the government of Macedonia remains friendly I guess

*Montenegro