TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
National scene: House proposes tax amnesty law
The House of Representatives decided to include a controversial bill on a tax amnesty in its 2015 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) during a plenary session on Tuesday
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
T
he House of Representatives decided to include a controversial bill on a tax amnesty in its 2015 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) during a plenary session on Tuesday.
After the plenary session, deputy chairman of the House's Legislation Body (Baleg), Firman Subagyo, said that given that the sitting session would wrap up later this week, lawmakers had agreed to start deliberating the bill next year.
'The House and the government will sit together to discuss a draft of the bill in the future,' Firman told reporters at the legislative complex on Tuesday.
The plenary session made the decision despite protests from a number of political party factions demanding the legislative body not rush its decision.
Both the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) earlier rejected the House's plan on the tax amnesty bill, claiming that it could create legal uncertainty in the country's law enforcement system.
The House has shrugged off the criticism.
'We should not bow to public pressure because the House works based on the law and the bill was agreed to by the House and government a long time ago,' Firman said.
