Invoice luck: winners will spend a year waiting to receive prize – Daily News – Lisbon

In extraordinary editions will be drawn Treasury bonds worth 50 thousand euros. New version of the competition kicks off in April

The Audi A4 weekly are drawn in Lucky Invoice will step aside in April to make way for a prize of 35,000 euros in Treasury Certificates Savings More. The winners will have to meet the anticipated legal framework for these government bonds, which means it can only raise money at the end of a year.

The “return” of the car by the certificates was decided yesterday in Council of Ministers, but will only have practical effect from April, when it is completed the current Lucky Invoice series. The competition will continue to be broadcast on RTP, on Thursdays, but the time (currently set between 20.00 and 22.00) may be changed to a height greater audience.

Speaking to DN / Mad money, Secretary of State for fiscal Affairs pointed out the advantages of competition in the fight against tax evasion, but also finds advantages in the new prize: “it encourages the savings of families through the promotion of a state savings product,” he said Fernando Rocha Andrade. At the same time, it remains the incentive for consumers continue to ask for invoices with your NIF, as they continue to be eligible all purchases of services or goods.

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Except for the premium and the transmission time of the competition, the remaining procedures will remain unchanged. Partially Lucky, which will be renewed annually, still have two extraordinary drawings (in June and December) that will be awarded three prizes at a time. And in these times, the value of Treasury receipts being offered by the tax authorities will amount to 50,000 euros.

Moreover, it was decided to keep the voucher system (which splits at 10 euros the value of each taxpayer invoices each month) and also to reward one person. The games specialists state that is the value of the premium and not the number of winners that dictates the success of a contest.

35 000 euros for the weekly prize and 50 thousand extraordinary draw was calculated taking into account the car’s purchase price for the state and also what taxpayers receive when they choose to sell the car as soon as they receive it. Rocha Andrade also said to DN / Mad Money that in the new version of the contract people will continue to be contacted by the Tax Authority and Customs, with account opening for postal savings certificates carried out by Finance Services.

the statement of the Council of Ministers held yesterday that the prize so far used “was not adequate” and the Secretary of State believes that the allocation of Treasury certificates will maintain interest in the competition, since this savings product offers a fee more generous interest than the majority of the time deposits. Currently, the average annual interest rate of these certificates amounts to 2.25% (or 1.25% gross in the first year), while the average compensation offered by traditional deposits to 12 months employment is 0.55%.

But there are drawbacks – the treasury certificates awarded must now be maintained by taxpayers for at least 12 months, while the car could be sold immediately if the person did not want to stay with him

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