DTC2008 was successful in drawing about 750 students to compete in the month-long competition. Students from various institutes of higher learning around Malaysia participated in hopes of winning some of the lucrative prize money on offer as well as for internship opportunities with Deloitte Malaysia's Tax services.
The competition was open to 800,000 university and college students and was launched on 15 September 2008 by Inland Revenue Department chief executive officer and director-general Datuk Hasmah Abdullah.