NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
	Contact: Rich Olsen Colorado.gov 303-534-3468 x101 richo@nicusa.com

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DENVER – February 14, 2008 – Colorado residents can now enjoy the convenience of paying their personal taxes using the Internet, thanks to a new online service now available at the state’s official Web site (http://www.Colorado.gov). This new service allows taxpayers to pay Colorado individual income tax, estimated individual income tax as well as make past due individual income tax payments safely and securely.

This first-of-its-kind service in Colorado allows taxpayers to skip writing out a check and pay their taxes using an electronic check, MasterCard, or Visa via Colorado.gov’s secure payment processor. Thousands of residents will now be able to pay their individual taxes online after filing their taxes through a service such as NetFile or other electronic filing methods. Even paper filers could go online and pay their taxes. This new service also allows filers to make estimated payments as well. For those who owe past due personal income taxes, payments can be made directly online in a matter of minutes.

“The online tax payment option enhances the current tax filing systems and creates a fast, convenient and efficient method for thousands of taxpayers who find they owe income tax,” said Governor Bill Ritter. “This latest technology fits our strategy to improve efficiencies over the old paper process and improve automated services within state government.”

The Colorado Department of Revenue plans to expand the Colorado Online Tax Payment service to include corporation income tax payments, fiduciary income tax and extension income tax payments in the coming year.

“Taxpayers have been asking us to provide this service and we are pleased to be able to offer it now,” said Roxy Huber, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Revenue. “We piloted it through our NetFile service, a free income tax filing service, this past April.  Since then, more than 3,600 people have paid their taxes due through the online payment service. We expect many more people will take advantage of a convenience that they've been eager to have.  Taxpayers don't need to register in advance for it and they can use it whether they use any electronic filing method or they file on paper.” 

Taxpayers who want to pay individual income tax, past due personal income tax payments or estimated individual income tax payments can access the service at http://www.Colorado.gov/taxpay.

About Colorado.gov
Colorado.gov is the official Web site of the state of Colorado (http://www.Colorado.gov) and a collaborative effort between the Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA) and Colorado Interactive to help Colorado government entities web-enable their information services. SIPA is responsible for Colorado.gov. Colorado Interactive, a Denver based subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC markets, operates and maintains Colorado.gov.

About SIPA
The Statewide Internet Portal Authority was created in 2004 by the Colorado legislature and is a state Authority governed by a 13-member Board of Directors consisting of businesspersons and state and county representatives. The mission of SIPA is to make Colorado government at all levels more accessible to its citizens and businesses and more productive through the use of eBusiness technologies.

About NIC
NIC manages more eGovernment services than any provider in the world. The company helps government communicate more effectively with citizens and businesses by putting essential services online. NIC provides eGovernment solutions for 2,600 state and local agencies that serve more than 69 million people in the United States. Additional information is available at www.nicusa.com.

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