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Tax officers arrested after allegedly securing massive tax refunds for car dealer
In return for assisting the car dealer obtain tax refunds, the officials allegedly received a whopping Rp 1.8 billion, all paid in cash in US dollars.
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In return for assisting the car dealer obtain tax refunds, the officials allegedly received a whopping Rp 1.8 billion, all paid in cash in US dollars. (Shutterstock/Atstock Productions)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says it has arrested four tax officials from the Taxation Directorate General (DJP) for allegedly forging the tax records of a luxury car dealer, which had secured the company more than Rp 7 billion (US$490,836) in tax refunds instead of paying its taxes.
In return for assisting the car dealer obtain tax refunds, the officials allegedly received a whopping Rp 1.8 billion, all paid in cash in US dollars.
The owner of PT Wahana Auto Ekamarga (WAE) car showroom, Darwin Maspolim, was also arrested and named a suspect in the case.
PT WAE is a luxury car dealer, which sells, services and provides spare parts for branded cars such as Bentley, Jaguar and Land Rover.
“The four tax officers — Hadi Sutrisno, Yul Dirga, Jumari and M. Naim Fahmi — received US$73,700 in 2015 and US$57,500 in 2016 in exchange for tax refunds equaling Rp 5.03 billion (US$353,351) in 2015 and Rp 2.7 billion in 2016,” said KPK deputy chief Saut Situmorang at the KPK building, South Jakarta, on Thursday.
In both years, the four went as a team and conducted field inspections on PT WAE. Furthermore, after the completion of both inspections, team supervisor Hadi informed the company that they were not entitled to tax refunds and actually owed money to the DJP.
Subsequently, Hadi allegedly offered the company to forge its field inspection report in order for PT WAE to be entitled to the refunds. The supervisor allegedly demanded a Rp 1 billion bribe for each year and the company agreed to pay almost all of the amount requested. The total bribes on both occasions were equally distributed between the four officials.
