Liz Weston: Aren’t fees companies charge to use credit cards nothing but a scam?
The surcharge allows the business to pass some or all of its processing costs onto the customers.
Dear Liz: Regarding the fees charged to use credit cards. Aren’t the fees charged by the credit card companies considered deductible expenses on the businesses’ taxes? It seems that if the customer pays the surcharge then the business claims a deduct... [803 chars]