TAP Payment Channels

Payment channels let TAP know where the payment is coming from, such as a bank account. Each payment channel is for a specific bank account. You can set up one payment channel for all your tax accounts, or you can set up different payment channels for different tax accounts.

Also, you can change which payment channel is associated with a tax account, or delete a payment channel.

To add a payment channel for one tax type only

Set up a payment channel for only one tax type when you’re making a payment for that tax type. See the Filing and Paying page.

To add a payment channel for all tax types

Note: Using this procedure sets up a bank account available to all tax accounts you have (or your client has, if you’re a tax professional).

  1. On the TAP home page, click Manage My Profile.
  2. On the More tab, go to the Payment Channels panel and click Manage Payment Channels.
  3. Click Set up new payment channel.
  4. In the Payment Channel panel, choose the type of payment.
  5. Enter your bank account information.
  6. In the Name field, you see a default name. To change it, click No in the Use default name field (just above the Name field) and type a new name.
  7. Click Save.

To change the default payment channel for a tax type

  1. On the TAP home page, click Manage My Profile, and click the More tab.
  2. On the Payment Channels panel, click Manage Payment Channels.
  3. In the center column, click the tax type you want.
  4. In the lower part of the screen, find the bank account you want to be the default for this tax type and click Set as Default to the right.
  5. Click Yes to confirm.

To delete a payment channel

  1. On your TAP homepage, click Manage My Profile, and then click the More tab.
  2. On the Payment Channels panel, click Manage Payment Channels.
  3. In the left column, select a payment channel you want to delete. (It might show a tax type next to it in the center column.) A new window opens.
  4. At the bottom of the Payment Channel area for this bank account, click Remove this payment channel.
  5. Click Yes and then click OK to confirm the deletion.

If this payment channel was the default for a tax type, that tax type now has no default.