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People pass a banner promoting the government's tax amnesty at the Tanah Abang textile market in Jakarta. (Antara Photo/Wahyu Putro A)
T
ax offices will remain open until midnight to facilitate people wanting to avail of the nine-month long tax amnesty, which ends on Friday.
“We are extending our services. We call on taxpayers to use this opportunity to avail of the amnesty,” said Directorate General of Taxation spokesman Hestu Yoga Saksama as reported by tribunnews.com on Friday.
He said the number of participants had increased two days before the end of the amnesty. He did not mention the details.
(Read also: Repatriated funds from Singapore reaches Rp 84.52 trillion)
By Thursday, the Directorate General of Taxation had recorded Rp 146 trillion (US$10.95 billion) in repatriated funds from across the world, mostly from Singapore.
With the tax amnesty, tax revenue would increase 9 to 10 percent in 2017, according to the Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS), while without the tax amnesty, growth would only be 6 to 7 percent.
Meanwhile, Finance Ministry expert staff member on tax compliance Suryo Utomo said many people did not pay taxes.
He estimated that 60 million people had not registered to pay tax, explaining that only 36 million taxpayers were registered.
A total of 196,786 tax amnesty participants were people who had previously not filed annual tax returns , 635,845 people who regularly reported their wealth and 16,709 people who did not pay taxes. (bbn)
