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House speaker applies for tax amnesty, declares assets
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House of Representatives Speaker Ade Komarudin (left). (Antara/ Akbar Nugroho Gumay) )
H
ouse of Representatives Speaker Ade Komarudin registered for tax amnesty in Jakarta on Friday, right on the deadline of the program's first phase.
Ade said he would participate in the tax amnesty program to settle a misunderstanding.
By Ade’s account, a revised policy in the past created a different perception between him, as house speaker and a taxpayer, and the Taxation Directorate General, leading to incomplete annual tax reports (SPTs) in previous years.
Therefore, he will use the opportunity afforded to him by the program to settle the matter by declaring several assets that did not include in previous tax reports.
"This is my intention as a citizen who is responsible for paying tax. The tax amnesty program should be successful. It is a matter of national interest," he said in a press statement on Friday in Jakarta.
Ade, a Golkar Party politician, further called on Indonesian citizens, particularly legislators at the House, to use this chance to support the interests of the nation. (ags)
