Official Payments Corp. Offers Taxpayers in Texas Electronic Payment Options for January 31 Property Tax Deadline
29 January 2008 - 11:46AM
Business Wire
Official Payments Corp.�, http://www.officialpayments.com, a
subsidiary of Tier Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TIER),
http://www.tier.com, continues its fast, easy, and secure
electronic payment processing service by offering Texas taxpayers
convenient online and telephone property tax payment options for
the January 31 tax deadline. Each year since 1999, more Texas
taxpayers have chosen to pay their taxes electronically through
Official Payments. Official Payments provides electronic payment
processing services for nearly 400 clients in the State of Texas,
including counties, utility districts, assessment districts, and
other collecting agencies. Texas individuals and businesses may pay
their property taxes online or by telephone with American Express�,
Discover�, MasterCard� and VISA� cards at
http://www.officialpayments.com or by calling 1-800-2PAY-TAX(SM)
(1-800-272-9829) or the number printed on the tax bill. The service
is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week in English and in
Spanish. Taxpayers with questions about their tax bills should call
their local tax office. Taxpayers requiring help to complete their
payment electronically can call Official Payments dedicated
Customer Service center, toll-free, at 1-888-357-8394. �We are
pleased to serve the citizens of Texas and are proud of our long
history with our Texas clients. We continue to offer convenient
electronic options for taxpayers, while helping governments
streamline their collections and reduce costs,� said Ronald L.
Rossetti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tier. �Taxpayers
can take advantage of the convenience, rewards, and cash management
benefits of the service,� continued Rossetti. Official Payments
charges a convenience fee for this service. Citizens and businesses
using credit or debit cards with bonus rewards programs may,
depending on their card's program, earn reward points, airline
frequent flyer miles or cash back for paying their taxes and fees.
About Official Payments Corp. Official Payments Corp. delivers
innovative electronic payment processing services to governments,
businesses and consumers in the U.S. and abroad. Headquartered in
Reston, Virginia, Official Payments� clients are comprised of
nearly 2,700 federal, state, and local governments and agencies
including the IRS, educational institutions, utilities and
commercial clients. Since 1996, Official Payments Corp. has enabled
electronic payments to go faster, smarter and safer. For more
information, visit www.officialpayments.com. Official Payments
offers a free service with its My Account feature at
http://www.officialpayments.com/myaccount. My Account allows users
to manage automatic payments, payment reminders, make payments
using pre-filled contact information, view transaction history
online, modify the details of a personal profile, and offer
feedback regarding services. About Tier Technologies, Inc. Tier
Technologies, Inc. primarily provides federal, state and local
government and other public sector clients with electronic payment
processing and other transaction processing services. Tier's
electronic payment processing clients include over 3,000 federal,
state, and local governments, educational institutions, utilities
and commercial clients throughout the U.S. Tier is headquartered in
Reston, Virginia. For more information, see www.tier.com.
Statements made in this press release that are not historical
facts, including statements regarding expectations for future
revenues, earnings, and expenses, are forward-looking statements
that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Tier undertakes no
obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. For a
discussion of the factors which may cause our actual events or
results to differ from those projected, please refer to the
Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2007, and other reports filed with the SEC.
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