Almost 30 new tax collectors and 15 restored positions at the Idaho Tax Commission are bringing in more money this year than legislators had hoped for.

In the coming months, thanks to new computer software that allows the state to better track its taxpayers, some 40,000 warning notices will arrive in mailboxes warning residents and businesses that they’d better pay up.

The Idaho State Tax Commission’s CATS Project was completed three months early and $500,000 under budget. The CATS project could be a model other jurisdictions may want to consider.