Tier Reit Inc. (NYSE:TIER)
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Official Payments Corp.(R), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Tier Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TIER), today announced that the
citizens of Knox County, Tennessee now have the new option of making
real estate and personal property tax payments online using a credit
card or electronic check through Official Payments Corp.
The Knox County Trustee's Office has signed an agreement with
Official Payments to allow citizens to make their real estate and
personal property tax payments with a VISA(R), American Express(R),
Discover(R), MasterCard(R), or electronic check by visiting
www.officialpayments.com. The system is now available to accept
payments for the property tax payment season which began October 1,
2005.
"Providing these secure, new electronic tax payment alternatives
to the citizens of Knox County 24 hours a day, seven days a week,
reflects our commitment to making government better every day," said
Knox County Trustee, Mike Lowe.
"We are very pleased that Knox County has joined the other
Tennessee government entities that rely on Official Payments to
provide our trusted and convenient electronic tax payment options,"
said James R. Weaver, Tier's Chief Executive Officer. "Knox County
collected approximately $200 million in real estate and personal
property tax payments in its last fiscal year."
Official Payments provides electronic payment services for the
Internal Revenue Service, 25 states, the District of Columbia and more
than 1,800 local government clients nationwide. Official Payments'
principal business is processing electronic payments on behalf of
government entities via its Web site, www.officialpayments.com, and
its toll-free telephone number, 1-800-2PAY-TAX(SM).
Official Payments charges citizens a convenience fee for the
service. Citizens 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 Tier
Tier is a leading provider of transaction processing and packaged
software and systems integration services for public sector clients.
We combine our understanding of enterprise-wide systems with domain
knowledge enabling our clients to rapidly channel emerging
technologies into their operations. We focus on sectors that we
believe are driven by forces that make demand for our services less
discretionary and are likely to provide us with recurring long-term
revenue streams. More information about the Company is available at
www.Tier.com.
Statements made in this press release that are not historical
facts are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any such forward
looking statements.
Each of these statements is made as of the date hereof based only
on current information and expectations that are inherently subject to
change and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events
or results may differ materially from those projected in any of such
statements due to various factors, including but not limited to
failure by end consumers to make payments with credit or debit cards
or electronic checks through Official Payments Corporation; impact of
lower transaction volumes than anticipated; the potential loss of
funding by clients, including due to government budget shortfalls or
revisions to mandated statutes; the timing, initiation, completion,
renewal, extension or early termination of client projects; the
Company's ability to realize revenues from its business development
opportunities; and unanticipated claims as a result of project
performance, including due to the failure of software providers or
subcontractors to satisfactorily complete engagements.
For a discussion of these and other 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 year ended Sept.
30, 2004, our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2005, as well as other filings with the SEC.