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Tax office wants new requirement for mining, plantation licenses
House of Representatives members attend a session at the House building
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House of Representatives members attend a session at the House building. Tax directorate general spokesperson Mekar Satria Utama has said on Tuesday that the tax office would propose tax checks as a requirement to obtain mining and plantation licenses.(Tempo)
To boost tax revenue this year, the directorate general of taxation is working with four ministries to conduct tax checks as part of requirements to obtain new mining and plantation licenses.
The four ministries are the Environment and Forestry Ministry, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, the Home Ministry and the Office of the Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister, said tax directorate general spokesperson Mekar Satria Utama.
"They need to disclose tax data and documents before obtaining licenses," he told thejakartapost.com in Jakarta on Tuesday.
He claimed that the Bogor administration and most cities and regencies on the Java northern coast (Pantura) supported the new requirements and were ready to make tax checks.
"As for regional governments in the mining and plantation-based regions, we will approach them this year," Mekar said.
He added that the tax office had called on the House of Representatives to give it the authority to access bank accounts to estimate the total wealth of unregistered, potential taxpayers.
"We have talked with the House of Representative and found that there are 44 million accounts in Indonesia, far above the 27 million taxpayers registered with the tax directorate," Mekar said. (ags)(+)
