Official Payments Corp. Offers California Taxpayers Electronic Payment Options for...

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Official Payments Corp. Offers California Taxpayers Electronic Payment Options for December 10 Property Tax Deadline

Convenient Online and Telephone Tax Payment Options Available in
35 Counties
RESTON, Va.--(Business Wire)--Official Payments Corp.(R), www.officialpayments.com, a
subsidiary of Tier Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TIER),
www.tier.com, continues its fast, easy, and secure electronic
payment processing service as it offers California residents
convenient online and telephone property tax payment options for the
December 10 tax deadline. Each year since 1994, more California
taxpayers have chosen to pay their taxes electronically through
Official Payments.

California individuals and businesses may pay their secured and
unsecured property taxes online or by telephone with American
Express(R), Discover (R), MasterCard(R) and VISA(R) cards at
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 from 35 California counties can pay their taxes through
Official Payments: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Del
Norte, Fresno, Imperial, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced,
Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito,
San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara,
Santa Cruz, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo,
and Yuba.

Taxpayers with questions about their tax bills should call their
local tax office. Taxpayers requiring help to pay electronically can
call Official Payments' dedicated Customer Service line at
1-800-487-4567, option "1" for English, "2" for Spanish, and then
press option "4".

"We are proud to say that we have been doing business in
California for fourteen years, and we are pleased to 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.

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. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Official Payments' clients are
comprised of nearly 2,600 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.

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
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2007, and
other reports filed with the SEC.

Official Payments Corp.
Klara Reilly, 571-382-1317
kreilly@tier.com