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What convenience fees are Convenience fees are charges levied for the privilege of paying for a product or service using an alternative payment channel, or a payment method that is not standard for the merchant.Movie theaters, for example, typically sell tickets face-to-face in the box office.o technically, you're not paying for using your credit card, but for the privilege of using the pay-by-phone option. Card issuers' policies vary. When it comes to convenience fees, different card processing networks have different policies.
The IRS website page  Pay taxes by credit or debit card  provides details and current prices. For taxes due April 15, 2015, the  convenience fee  ranges from 1.87 percent to 2.35 percent of the payment for credit cards. Those using a debit card will pay a flat fee of $2.49 to $3.95.he Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 forbids the IRS from paying credit card transaction fees, so the agency has outsourced the role of collecting credit card payments to three third-party services -- Link2Gov Corp., Official Payments Corp. and WorldPay US.