Two card rules just flipped on small business in 60 days

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The ATO says only around 2.3 per cent of tax payments were made by credit card in 2024-25, and more than 60 per cent of those came from privately owned and wealthy groups, along with public and multinational businesses, not typical small operators.
51% : But for the businesses that do use a credit card to pay tax, often as a deliberate way to buy a few weeks of breathing room before the card statement is due, the change closes off a genuine cash flow lever.
49% : And if you've been using a credit card to pay tax purely to delay the cash outflow, that window closes at the end of November, worth mapping out what replaces it now rather than in early December.
46% : What's banned at tax time The second change is narrower but hits differently.
39% : The ATO has confirmed it will stop accepting credit card payments for tax bills, including BAS, PAYG and income tax, after 30 November 2026.

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