Official Payments (TIER) Awarded Multi-Year Contract by the IRS

April 14, 2009 9:11 AM EDT

Tier Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TIER) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Official Payments Corporation, has been awarded a multi-year contract by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide electronic payment solutions for personal and business taxes. The contract contains a base period commencing April 2, 2009 and four one-year option periods running until December 31, 2013.

Since 1999, when Official Payments began processing federal tax payments for the IRS, the company has processed over $9.0 billion in federal taxes. Official Payments was selected by the IRS to pilot federal electronic tax payments and is the only company that has provided these services continuously since 1999.

Tier Technologies, Inc. primarily provides federal, state and local government and other public sector clients with electronic payment solutions.[SM]


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