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Scheduling a Payment Through MTO

Scheduling a Payment Through MTO

Scheduling a Payment Through MTO

This tutorial demonstrates how to navigate the payment platform, Paymentus, through Michigan Treasury Online (MTO). This tutorial begins where the MTO portion of initiating a business tax payment ends. Scheduling a business tax payment is done in a few easy steps.

Payment Types:

  • Same-Day eCheck Payments will process at 8:00 p.m. ET, unless scheduled after 8:00 p.m. ET (in which case it will process at 8:00 p.m. ET the next day).
  • Same-Day Debit/Credit Card Payments will process immediately and cannot be cancelled online.
  • Future Payments (echeck or card) can be scheduled up to 365 days in advance and will process at 8:00 p.m. ET on the scheduled day.
All payments will be honored as received on the day the MTO user schedules it to process. Payments can be made any day of the week – including weekends and holidays and will be reflected on the account within 72 hours.

Notes:

  • If you have not yet set up credentials for MTO, view the MTO Tutorials page and learn how to create a personal user profile as well as connect your profile to one or multiple Treasury business tax accounts.
  • For guidance on using the MTO payment pathways (Fast Pay through Guest Services as well as Make a Payment or File and Pay a Tax Return through Tax Services) visit the MTO Help Center.
Step 1: Access paymentus

To access Paymentus, you will need to sign into your Michigan Treasury Online (MTO) account and navigate to the payment platform in one of the following ways:

  1. Select a Tax Service portal where you have established a connection with the business tax account. Identify the appropriate business tax account on the dashboard. From the summary page select File and Pay a Tax Return, File/Pay/Amend a Tax Return, or Make a Payment from the available actions. Input the applicable payment details, then click Pay.
  2. Select one of the following Guest Service portals: Fast File or Fast Pay. Identify the business tax account. Input the applicable payment details, then click Pay.

Michigan Treasury Online homepage highlighting Tax Services and Guest Services. Fast File and Fast Pay buttons are also highlighted.

 

After clicking Pay at the conclusion of those processes, you will be presented with the Leaving Michigan Treasury Online pop-up window. This warning advises that information you have provided to Treasury through MTO (namely your user profile data and payment specifics) will be transferred over to the payment platform to allow for payment scheduling. You must click Continue within 1 minute to acknowledge and agree to this secure transfer of information.

Leaving Michigan Treasury Online dialog box

 

Note: This secure transfer of information is necessary to access the payment platform and schedule an electronic payment.

Step 2: make a business tax payment

The payment system, Paymentus, will open in a new web window or tab. You will automatically arrive on the Make Payment page. This is where you will schedule your business tax payment.

Take the following steps:

  1. Visualize the tax payment amount transferred from MTO.
  2. Indicate your payment date by selecting Today or Future Date. All payments will be honored as received on the day the MTO user schedules it to process.
    • “Today” = same-day payment: 
      • Same-day echeck payments will process at 8:00 p.m. ET, unless scheduled after 8:00 p.m. ET (in which case it will process at 8:00 p.m. ET the next day). These payments may also be cancelled prior to 8:00 p.m. ET.
      • Same-day credit and debit card payments process immediately and cannot be cancelled online.
    • “Future Date” = up to 365 days from now:
      • The payment will process at 8:00 p.m. ET on the selected payment date.
      • These payments may also be cancelled prior to 8:00 p.m. ET on the scheduled date. 
    • For more information on cancelling payments, visit the Cancel an MTO Payment tutorial.
  3. Select or add a method of payment.
    • To add new payment information, click the Add New icon. Once the payment is scheduled, the new payment information will be saved in My Wallet and be available for future use. For more information, see Step 2a.
    • If you have previously saved payment information on file with JP Morgan Chase, select the payment method from My Wallet. For more information, see Step 2b.
    • To change payment methods presented, visit the My Wallet page.
  4. Click Continue to proceed.

Making a payment in Paymentus, focusing on payment amounts, payment date, and add new

 

Note: When you authorized the secure transfer of information from MTO to the payment system, an algorithm was used to create and maintain log in credentials on your behalf for JP Morgan Chase’s payment platform. This means that you do not need to log in to Paymentus because MTO did it for you. This mechanism allows payments scheduled by you and payment information provided by you to be securely stored and presented – only to you and only for a specific Treasury business tax account.

Step 2a: Add a payment method

After clicking the Add New icon on the Make Payment page, a pop-up window will appear. You may add multiple payment methods.

You may add multiple types of payment methods. The payment method options (and applicable fees) are:

  • eCheck (electronic transfer using checking or savings account information) – free of charge.
  • Debit card payments – a flat fee of $3.95. 
  • Credit card payments – a convenience fee of 2.3% of the total payment amount.

Although not required, you can set choose to “Set as default payment method” before clicking the Add button.

Adding a payment method in Paymentus

 

After you click Add, a pop-up window will appear on your screen to answer a verification question. Once you click Verify you will be returned to the Make a Payment page. Click Continue to proceed with your transaction.

Note: When you authorized the secure transfer of information from MTO to the payment system, an algorithm was used to create and maintain log in credentials on your behalf for JP Morgan Chase’s payment platform. This means that you do not need to log in to Paymentus because MTO did it for you. This mechanism allows payments scheduled by you and payment information provided by you to be securely stored and presented – only to you and only for a specific Treasury business tax account.

Step 2b: select a previously saved payment method

If you previously saved payment information when making a business tax payment through MTO, the payment methods will be listed above the Add New icon.

If you would like to use one of the saved payment methods to process the business tax payment, select the radio button next to your preferred payment option. Then click Continue.

Select a payment amounts and type in Paymentus.

 

Note: When you authorized the secure transfer of information from MTO to the payment system, an algorithm was used to create and maintain log in credentials on your behalf for JP Morgan Chase’s payment platform. This means that you do not need to log in to Paymentus because MTO did it for you. This mechanism allows payments scheduled by you and payment information provided by you to be securely stored and presented – only to you and only for a specific Treasury business tax account.

Step 3: submit your payment

If you are submitting a payment using a credit or debit card, review payment details and the processing fee. Then, click Pay.

Make a payment in Paymentus focusing on the Pay button

 

If you are submitting a payment using a checking or savings account (echeck), select the box indicating “I authorize ACH direct debit payment (ACH Debit)”. Then, click Pay.

Making a payment in Paymentus focusing on the I Authorize ACH direct debit payment checkbox

 

You will receive a payment confirmation message within Paymentus. You will also receive a payment confirmation email (to the email address associated with your MTO user profile) indicating that the payment has been successfully submitted.

Step 4: log out

After receiving the confirmation message, click Log Out. You may exit out of the Paymentus window or tab and return to MTO.

Congrats! You have just completed making a payment with Paymentus!

Logging out of Paymentus