Official Payments Corp. Offers Taxpayers in Texas Electronic Payment Options for January 31 Property Tax Deadline

  
    
  
  
    
      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.