Alabama Offers Last-Minute Tax Payment Options; Payments Can Be Made By Credit Card, Via Internet & Telephone.Business Editors STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2002 As tax day approaches, Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America Alabama (ăləbăm`ə), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Department of Revenue is offering options for taxpayers who owe a balance due to the state. Citizens can now pay a variety of state taxes with their Visa, American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. , MasterCard and Discover. Official Payments Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : OPAY) is the company authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: by the state of Alabama to process these credit card tax payments, which can be made via Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the (www.officialpayments.com) and telephone (1-800-2PAY-TAX(SM)). Official Payments also works with the Internal Revenue Service to accept credit card payments for federal taxes. More information on the credit card payment option can be found in Alabama and IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. tax forms and instruction booklets. Official Payments charges taxpayers a convenience fee for the service. For example, a taxpayer who makes a $1,000 federal tax payment is charged a total of $1,025; $1,000 for the tax payment, and a 2.5% convenience fee, or $25, to cover the cost of the service. Taxpayers using credit cards with bonus rewards programs may, depending on their card's program, earn rewards, points, and airline frequent flyer frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons miles or cash back for paying their taxes. Note to assignment editors and bookers: Official Payments has produced a Video News Release on the credit card payment option. Feed information follows: FEED DATE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2002 FEED TIME: 10:00 - 10:30 AM ET (FED IN ROTATION) COORDINATES: C-BAND: TELESTAR 5 (C) /TRANSPONDER16 /AUDIO 6.2 & 6.8 About Official Payments Corporation: Founded in 1996, Official Payments Corporation (Nasdaq: OPAY) has agreements to collect and process credit card payments with the IRS, 21 state governments (AL, AR, CA, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, MD, MN, MS, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, VA, WA, WI, and WV), the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , and more than 1,200 counties and municipalities. The company's principal business is enabling consumers to pay their government taxes, fees, fines, and utility bills by credit card, via Internet and telephone. In 2001, Official Payments collected and processed more than one million transactions totaling $1.2 billion in federal, state and local government payments. For more information, visit the Online Press Kit at www.officialpayments.com/marketing/press.html. NOTE: Official Payments Corp. and the Official Payments Corp. logo are service marks of Official Payments Corporation. |
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