Sentence examples for official payment from inspiring English sources

Having displaced American Express as the official payment card, its ads crowed: "At the 1988 Winter Olympics, they will honour speed, stamina and skill but not American Express".

The Official Payment Corporation, which operates the (888) 2-PAYTAX number, accepts only American Express, MasterCard and Discover charge cards -- not debit cards.

In the past, the presentation of a frighteningly high tax bill was the cue for lengthy negotiations over the sum to be paid, with tax inspectors taking a big cut of any reduction in the official payment in the form of bribes.The government has tried to make bills less burdensome, by lowering corporate income tax from 35% to 30% and introducing a value-added tax (VAT) to broaden the tax base.

[Update: The small team behind Facebook Events still hasn't created an official payment or ticketing system. This could be bolstering usage of EventBrite, which permits sales.

Visa, which has also been the only official payment service provider of the Olympics since 1986, collaborated with Bank of China Hong Kongg) in launching VISA BOC Olympic Games Card in October last year, targeting Hong Kong and Macau card users.

Ebay and AEG say that European venues will be added to the list as part of StubHub's strategy to pick up more traction outside the U.S. PayPal, meanwhile, is getting added as an official payment method for AXS Ticketing in the U.S. and UK.

A spokesman for Official Payments said New York State expects to have $5.2 billion in estimated tax payments this year.

Delta says federal or state payments can be made by calling the Official Payments Corporation at (800) 272-9829 or Phone Charge Inc. at (888) 255-8889.

During his time off Madison Avenue, Mr. Nelson said, he became involved with the dot-com world, becoming a director of three companies: the Official Payments Corporation, Pcsupport.com and Zeborg Inc.

Those who charge their payments must do so through either the Official Payments Corporation, toll-free at (800) 272-9829 or online at www.officialpayments.com or Phone-Charge Inc., toll-free at (888) 255-8299, or on the Internet at www.About1888ALLTAXX.com.

Official Payments Corporation of Stamford, which provides electronic tax-payment services in 45 states, began a service that lets New York residents pay their estimated state tax over the phone or the Internet.