Workers who pay their tax bill early will have a chance of winning £100,000 in a plan by the Government to ease the rpessure on HM revenue & Customs.
Anyone filing their self-assessment two months early would automatically have a shot at scooping the cash, as well as smaller prizes.
HMRC is currently forced to take on extra staff to deal with people missing the January 31 deadline. The spike in processing applications costs £1 million in additional IT spending alone.
Cabinet Office officials are currently drawing up a pilot of the competition scheme. Watch this space!
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