SMS: Airport exit tax

Wed, 01/07/2009 11:17 AM  |  Readers Forum

I agree with the policy because it will force people to abide by tax regulations. BUDIYONO FAMILA
Pontianak, West Kalimantan

 

It looks like the start of another poorly thought out and implemented rule that adds to the nightmare of traveling, not only to but now also from Indonesia.

Do the boys who make these rules also stand in line to show their tax documents? Ridiculous!
WALTER
Jakarta

 

I truly support the new tax regulation in a bid to net more new taxpayers that could increase state income. As it is known at present that only 10 million taxpayers out of 230 million people have registered.

Therefore, the government needs to encourage as people as possible, mainly the middle- and upper-income group, to registered for a NPWP. ABDUL RAHIM
Tangerang, Banten

 

Did anyone tell the director general of tax that foreigners working here do not have a family card? Neither do male foreigners married to Indonesians. So how will spouses be able to leave the country without saying this egregious levy?
JOHN SLACK
Jakarta

 

Poor decision -- The tax office is mixing travel and tax! Wrong place to implement new tax rules! If cash was in true value, the exit tax should be Rp 10 million.
PETER T.
Jakarta

 

To make payment easier and for clearer accounting, I really hope they can accept payment by debit and credit cards. Am I hoping for too much? It is 2009 after all.
ANDREW
Tangerang, Banten

 

Thank god, the new exit tax tied with NPWP will be valid for only two years. And believe me, the new system will lead to mess and corruption at exit points.

However, I am sure the government will have control staff, as happened when officers started checking fiscal payments in exit ports.
BADRI
Jakarta

 

I agree with the increase of the airport exit tax.
ROBERT
Bekasi, West Java

It's a good policy to encourage citizens to have NPWP, but the government should make regular evaluation of its implementation.
AGUS RIPTONO
Bandung

 

I agree with the increase of the airport exit tax. Don't be hopeless.
FITRI ASTUTI
Metro, Lampung

 

Exit tax should have never existed in the first place. How can you charge someone for leaving your own home/country for this matter?
RUDI
Yogyakarta

 

Increasing airport exit tax for adult Indonesian citizens who have no NPWP is logical to compensate the taxes they have not paid. A good citizen will voluntarily register himself to pay taxes for his own good.
MOELJONO ADIKOESOEMO
Jakarta

 

Insane, ludicrous, ridiculous, irrational! This 250 percent increase translates into the great depression a la Indonesia.
WAYAN-GEDE
Denpasar

 

That's too much, the government is grabbing people's money to meet their tax target.
UDIBOWO CIPTOMULYONO
Jakarta

 

I would like to suggest retired (people over 60) without NPWP who do not work be exempt from paying airport exit tax, too.
ANGLE
Jakarta

 

Migrant workers should be exempt from this ridiculous tax, which should never have existed in the first place!
NARTO
Ubud, Bali

 

Since under 21s are exempt from paying exit tax, what about of those 60 and above (retirees)? Do they enjoy the same privilege?
TONY
Jakarta

 

An airport tax of Rp 2.5 million is bizarre. People who don't have a job don't have a tax number! The partner can have a job so why pay airport tax for him/her?
MAARTEN
Amsterdam

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