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Greater Jakarta: Almost half of luxury car owners evading tax
Some 1,700 luxury cars in Jakarta have not been taxed this year, a city official has said
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ome 1,700 luxury cars in Jakarta have not been taxed this year, a city official has said.
Jakarta Tax Agency head Edi Sumantri said the potential income from the luxury car tax could be substantial as a single such car has a tax value of between Rp 100 million (US$ 7,486) and Rp 500 million. However, many owners have not paid their taxes.
“The average tax they have to pay is more than Rp 100 million,” Edi said, adding that there were currently around 4,000 luxury cars registered in the capital.
Edi said officials would go to the suspected tax evaders’ home addresses to collect the taxes in a bid to achieve this year’s target of Rp 12.9 trillion in tax revenue from vehicles. Currently, the administration has collected 60 percent of the target.
The city administration will cooperate with the Jakarta Police traffic unit to collect the taxes, he said.
“We will visit the tax evaders’ homes, accompanied by personnel from the Jakarta Police traffic unit,” Edi told journalists at City Hall on Friday as quoted by kompas.com.
