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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Govt Prepares Alternative Solution to Mitigate Against Prolonged Deliberations of Draft Bill on Tax Amnesty
Marcell Sihombing, RED
Secretary of Cabinet, Pramono Anung. Photo by: SGP
The House of Representatives (House) and the government have been deliberating the Draft Bill on Tax Amnesty (Draft Bill) since the start of new House session. Despite hope still remaining that these deliberations will be swiftly completed, the government has already prepared an alternative solution in case they become too protracted. This alternative strategy was announced by Secretary of the Cabinet Pramono Anung after a closed meeting on money laundering and tax-evasion crimes which took place at the Presidential Office in Jakarta on Monday, 21 March 2016.
“As regards the measures that we will ultimately take, well we are currently waiting for the results of the House’s deliberations. However, it should be noted that the president is hopeful that the Draft Bill will be finalized during the upcoming House session,” asserted Mr. Anung via the official website of the Secretariat of the Cabinet.
Mr. Anung also asserted that he shared the president’s hope that the conclusion of the Draft Bill deliberation process would prove to be extremely helpful as regards the implementation of the tax-amnesty policy as a whole.
“However, in case the deliberation process becomes too drawn out and takes too much time, the government has already drawn up a legal instrument which should be able to adequately deal with the taxation issue,” asserted Mr. Anung. “The legal instrument itself is already complete, although the government will only announce it if the Draft Bill ultimately fails to be finalized.”
Mr. Anung further pointed to data submitted by Bambang Brodjonegoro, the Minister of Finance. According this data, over 6,000 Indonesian citizens in two foreign countries are currently running 2,000 Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs). SPVs are subsidiary companies with asset/liability structures and legal statuses that make their obligations secure, even if their parent companies go bankrupt.
“Within this era of transparency, it is easy to find out the identities of such citizens, as well as how many of them there ultimately are. The results show that apparently quite a large number of Indonesian citizens are actually quite wealthy,” explained Mr. Anung.
Minister Brodjonegoro reaffirmed Mr. Anung’s statement and said that he also intends to repatriate these bank accounts to Indonesia through the implementation of the tax-amnesty policy, or at the very least ensure that such accounts are unequivocally declared to be of Indonesian ownership.
“We have already discerned a pattern, which usually involves the establishment of SPVs in various foreign countries, with the British Virgin Islands being the most popular destination for Indonesian citizens. Such SPVs then store their money [in bank accounts] within the country where they are established,” asserted Minister Brodjonegoro.
Minister Brodjonegoro further revealed that much of the money stashed in these foreign countries had yet to be registered and incorporated into the Annual Tax Notification (Surat Pemberitahuan Tahunan Pajak - Tax SPT). This objective needs to be followed-up, according to Minister Brodjonegoro, who has also expressed his hope that the owners of such funds will voluntarily report them to the government, or at least participate in the tax-amnesty program, which is set for imminent roll out by the government.
Meanwhile, President Joko Widodo has demand the implementation of concrete measures designed to integrate the financial-transaction-reporting-and-analysis system into the overall tax-reporting system. President Widodo believes that financial-transaction oversight will be easier if the profiles of bank customers can be integrated into their taxpayer statuses.
“Proper coordination between all of the relevant law-enforcement agencies is also very important for the effective processing of any money-laundering and tax-evasion crimes,” asserted President Widodo.
The president is demanding more solid coordination between the Indonesian Financial Transaction and Analysis Centre (PPATK), the National Police, the State Prosecutor, and the Directorate General of Tax, especially in cases where there is reasonable suspicion that tax evasion and money laundering has taken place.
“All of the relevant institutions should be well synchronized in the field. There should be no more unnecessary clashes of egos, which could lead to friction during legal-enforcement efforts. We don’t want those who are enforcing our tax laws to become reluctant to cooperate and perform their duties in the field,” asserted President Widodo.
Finally, the president is also demanding that Bank Indonesia and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) become involved in the oversight of the sectors in which money-laundering crimes usually occur, be they related to drug dealing, illegal trading, transfer pricing, or other illegal activities.
(rfs/sp)
Marcell Sihombing, RED
Secretary of Cabinet, Pramono Anung. Photo by: SGP
The House of Representatives (House) and the government have been deliberating the Draft Bill on Tax Amnesty (Draft Bill) since the start of new House session. Despite hope still remaining that these deliberations will be swiftly completed, the government has already prepared an alternative solution in case they become too protracted. This alternative strategy was announced by Secretary of the Cabinet Pramono Anung after a closed meeting on money laundering and tax-evasion crimes which took place at the Presidential Office in Jakarta on Monday, 21 March 2016.
“As regards the measures that we will ultimately take, well we are currently waiting for the results of the House’s deliberations. However, it should be noted that the president is hopeful that the Draft Bill will be finalized during the upcoming House session,” asserted Mr. Anung via the official website of the Secretariat of the Cabinet.
Mr. Anung also asserted that he shared the president’s hope that the conclusion of the Draft Bill deliberation process would prove to be extremely helpful as regards the implementation of the tax-amnesty policy as a whole.
“However, in case the deliberation process becomes too drawn out and takes too much time, the government has already drawn up a legal instrument which should be able to adequately deal with the taxation issue,” asserted Mr. Anung. “The legal instrument itself is already complete, although the government will only announce it if the Draft Bill ultimately fails to be finalized.”
Mr. Anung further pointed to data submitted by Bambang Brodjonegoro, the Minister of Finance. According this data, over 6,000 Indonesian citizens in two foreign countries are currently running 2,000 Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs). SPVs are subsidiary companies with asset/liability structures and legal statuses that make their obligations secure, even if their parent companies go bankrupt.
“Within this era of transparency, it is easy to find out the identities of such citizens, as well as how many of them there ultimately are. The results show that apparently quite a large number of Indonesian citizens are actually quite wealthy,” explained Mr. Anung.
Minister Brodjonegoro reaffirmed Mr. Anung’s statement and said that he also intends to repatriate these bank accounts to Indonesia through the implementation of the tax-amnesty policy, or at the very least ensure that such accounts are unequivocally declared to be of Indonesian ownership.
“We have already discerned a pattern, which usually involves the establishment of SPVs in various foreign countries, with the British Virgin Islands being the most popular destination for Indonesian citizens. Such SPVs then store their money [in bank accounts] within the country where they are established,” asserted Minister Brodjonegoro.
Minister Brodjonegoro further revealed that much of the money stashed in these foreign countries had yet to be registered and incorporated into the Annual Tax Notification (Surat Pemberitahuan Tahunan Pajak - Tax SPT). This objective needs to be followed-up, according to Minister Brodjonegoro, who has also expressed his hope that the owners of such funds will voluntarily report them to the government, or at least participate in the tax-amnesty program, which is set for imminent roll out by the government.
Meanwhile, President Joko Widodo has demand the implementation of concrete measures designed to integrate the financial-transaction-reporting-and-analysis system into the overall tax-reporting system. President Widodo believes that financial-transaction oversight will be easier if the profiles of bank customers can be integrated into their taxpayer statuses.
“Proper coordination between all of the relevant law-enforcement agencies is also very important for the effective processing of any money-laundering and tax-evasion crimes,” asserted President Widodo.
The president is demanding more solid coordination between the Indonesian Financial Transaction and Analysis Centre (PPATK), the National Police, the State Prosecutor, and the Directorate General of Tax, especially in cases where there is reasonable suspicion that tax evasion and money laundering has taken place.
“All of the relevant institutions should be well synchronized in the field. There should be no more unnecessary clashes of egos, which could lead to friction during legal-enforcement efforts. We don’t want those who are enforcing our tax laws to become reluctant to cooperate and perform their duties in the field,” asserted President Widodo.
Finally, the president is also demanding that Bank Indonesia and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) become involved in the oversight of the sectors in which money-laundering crimes usually occur, be they related to drug dealing, illegal trading, transfer pricing, or other illegal activities.
(rfs/sp)