Lucky tax break for email entries (From Oxford Mail)

Lucky tax break for email entries

12:00pm Monday 30th January 2012 in Abingdon

THE deadline for people in southern Oxfordshire to win the chance to have their council tax paid for them is approaching.

Residents in the South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district council areas are being encouraged to sign up to receive their council tax bill by email, cutting council costs.

Those who do so will be entered in a draw to have their 2012/13 council tax paid for them.

But they need to sign up by tomorrow to be eligible to be entered into the prize draw.

It costs more than £64,000 each year for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District councils to print and send out council tax bills and leaflets.

To save money, the councils are aiming to get as many people as possible signed up to receive their council tax bill by email before February next year.

To encourage people to sign up for e-billing, the councils have agreed to pay the entire 2012/13 council tax bill for two residents, one from each district, drawn randomly from the e-billing list.

E-billing is only suitable for those paying council tax by direct debit, credit or debit card.

Anyone who has already signed up will automatically be entered into the draw.

To sign up, visit southoxon.gov.uk