DETROIT, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) today introduced an alternative tax payment service for small businesses and other commercial customers that doesn't require high-end technology. Comerica Tax Pay enables businesses to make their tax payments easily and quickly, either online or by phone.

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"The addition of an Internet option to our existing phone-based offering enables businesses to utilize the best available means for initiating tax payments to local, state or federal authorities," said Daniel J. McCarty, senior vice president and director of Treasury Management Services for Comerica. "Comerica Tax Pay is a simple and affordable system."

With Comerica Tax Pay, businesses can schedule tax payments 30 days in advance, and avoid potential late fees that could result from a reliance on older methods of payment delivery, such as "snail-mail."

"We understand that business customers want to streamline processes, so we deliver the cash management tools they need to help them succeed," said McCarty.

Comerica Incorporated is a financial services company headquartered in Detroit, strategically aligned into three major business segments: the Business Bank, Small Business & Personal Financial Services, and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica focuses on relationships and helping businesses and people to be successful. To receive e-mail alerts of breaking Comerica news, go to http://www.comerica.com/newsalerts.

SOURCE: Comerica Bank

CONTACT: Wayne Mielke of Comerica Bank, +1-313-222-4732,
wjmielke@comerica.com

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