Link2Gov Corporation

What Link2Gov Corporation does

Link2Gov Corporation is a U.S.-based, privately held payment processing subsidiary of Global Payments (NYSE:GPN), headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. The company specializes in electronic payment processing for government tax obligations, operating a B2G (business-to-government) model in which it secures authorization from federal and state revenue agencies and then serves long-tail individual and business taxpayers through a self-service web portal. Its flagship property is ILTaxPayment.com, an authorized payment portal for the Illinois Department of Revenue that supports Form IL-1040 individual income tax payments, Form IL-1040-ES estimated tax payments, tax extensions, and prior year payments. In 2026, Link2Gov extended into federal tax processing after being selected by the IRS as a preferred digital payments provider for the 2026 tax season.

Name

Link2Gov Corporation

Legal name

Link2Gov Corporation

Website

https://iltaxpayment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Link2Gov Corporation, a Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) subsidiary, operates an authorized electronic tax payment platform serving the Illinois Department of Revenue and, as of 2026, the IRS, enabling taxpayers to pay state and federal tax obligations online via credit card.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Tax Payment Processing

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320), Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (52232), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (5412), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (54121)

akta.pro primary industry

Bill Pay, Invoicing & Payables Platforms (BPAMAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Revenue Systems, E-Filing & Digital Tax Administration (BPAIADAO)

Keywords

• Government tax payments
• Electronic payment processing
• Credit card processing
• Online tax payments
• Tax payment platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Credit Card Convenience Fees: Link2Gov charges a 2.35% convenience fee on credit card tax payments with a $2.79 minimum. This fee is charged by Link2Gov for processing the transaction and appears as a separate line item on the customer's statement. The fee is tax deductible for business tax payments and qualified personal tax payments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Link2Gov Corporation provides electronic tax payment processing services for government agencies, primarily operating the iltaxpayment.com portal to enable Illinois taxpayers to pay state income taxes, estimated taxes, extension payments, and prior year tax obligations via credit card. The company also serves as an authorized payment processor for the IRS federal digital tax payment program, charging a 2.35% convenience fee (with a $2.79 minimum) on credit card transactions processed on behalf of federal and state revenue departments.

Product overview

Link2Gov Corporation operates a government payment processing platform offering electronic tax payment services at both state and federal levels. The core product is the Illinois State Tax Payment Portal (ILTaxPayment.com), which processes individual income tax payments (Form IL-1040), estimated tax payments (Form IL-1040-ES), and extension payments via credit card. The company also provides IRS federal digital tax payment services, having been selected as a preferred IRS payment provider for the 2026 tax season. Supporting services include a Payment Verification System for retrieving electronic receipts and an eFileTaxes integration for state tax filing. The platform charges a 2.35% convenience fee (minimum $2.79) for credit card transactions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Illinois State Tax Payment Portal (ILTaxPayment.com)
• IRS Federal Digital Tax Payment Services Federal-level digital tax payment processing service covering digital tax payments and supporting federal e-payment capabilities as an authorized IRS payment provider for the 2026 tax season.

Quantifiable outcome

• Immediate payment processing with state posting within 5-7 business days
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IRS (Internal Revenue Service)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 April 2026Link2Gov, as a unit of Global Payments (NYSE:GPN), was selected by the IRS as a preferred digital payments provider for the 2026 tax season. This partnership covers digital tax payments and supports federal e-payment capabilities, connecting the company directly to U.S. government efforts to modernize tax collection systems.
• Illinois Department of RevenuecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIllinois Department of Revenue partnered with Link2Gov to allow taxpayers to pay various types of tax liabilities with credit cards via the Internet. Link2Gov operates as an authorized State of Illinois payment partner, processing IL Individual Income Tax Payments, Estimated Tax Payments, Extension Payments, and Prior Year Tax Payments.
• Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN)coreOthersLink2Gov is a unit of Global Payments Inc., a NYSE-listed company (ticker: GPN) with a 13.9% net income margin. The parent company connects Link2Gov to U.S. government efforts to modernize tax collection systems.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Invoice Cloud: Invoice Cloud provides electronic bill payment solutions for government and utilities, including tax payments for municipalities and states. It targets the same state revenue department customers as Link2Gov with a modern SaaS-style platform.
• PayIt: PayIt is a government digital payments platform serving state agencies, municipalities, and courts with bill-pay and tax-payment functionality. It competes head-to-head for state revenue department contracts and represents a digitally native challenger to Link2Gov's legacy platform.
• ACI Payments (formerly Official Payments): ACI Payments is one of the three credit card processors approved by the Illinois Department of Revenue to accept tax payments alongside Link2Gov, and operates analogous state/federal tax and government payment portals nationwide. It is the closest direct competitor in the credit-card tax convenience-fee business.
• Value Payment Systems: Value Payment Systems is a niche credit-card convenience-fee processor serving state and local tax agencies, competing directly with Link2Gov for the same RFP and partnership slots in state revenue departments.
• FIS Government Solutions: FIS Government Solutions operates a government tax and fee payment processing franchise that directly overlaps with Link2Gov; the fisgov.com support domain suggests operational integration between the two. It is both a peer and a likely operational/parent-related entity.

Broad incumbents

• US Bank Government Payment Solutions: US Bank provides government payment processing, including credit card acceptance for tax agencies, and competes in the same state RFP pool as Link2Gov with deeper balance-sheet resources.
• NIC Inc. (Tyler Technologies Government Experience): NIC, acquired by Tyler Technologies, built state government payment portals (e.g., Kansas, Texas, Indiana) that include tax and fee payment processing. It is a broad incumbent in the government digital payments space and a direct competitor for state-level contracts.
• Conduent Government Payments: Conduent processes government payments (tax, fees, court fines) for many U.S. states via its Government Payments division, and is a long-standing credit-card convenience-fee competitor in the same state revenue department RFP landscape as Link2Gov.
• PayPal Government Payments: PayPal has historically offered tax payment processing services (e.g., PayPal Credit/Digital Wallet for IRS payments) and competes for federal/state tax payment volume via convenience-fee models, positioning it as a broader-scale competitor.

Emerging players

• Nelnet Business Solutions (QuikPay / Nelnet Campus Commerce): Nelnet Business Solutions offers electronic payment processing for government, utilities, and education; though more education-focused, it increasingly pursues state agency bill-pay contracts that overlap with Link2Gov's addressable market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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