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        "id": 1400259,
        "msgid": "bogor-defies-tax-abolition-rule-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-05-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "Bogor defies tax abolition rule",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Bogor defies tax abolition rule BOGOR (JP): Regency government officials have continued collecting fees and taxes which were officially abolished on May 23 as ordered by Law No. 18 of 1997. Government officials are still charging drivers of public transport vans and trucks fees on the streets of Cibinong, Parung, Ciomas and Caringin even though the fees were scrapped last year. Antara reported yesterday that the officials collect about Rp 3 million in fees a day.",
        "content": "<p>Bogor defies tax abolition rule<\/p>\n<p>BOGOR (JP): Regency government officials have continued<br>\ncollecting fees and taxes which were officially abolished on May<br>\n23 as ordered by Law No. 18 of 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Government officials are still charging drivers of public<br>\ntransport vans and trucks fees on the streets of Cibinong,<br>\nParung, Ciomas and Caringin even though the fees were scrapped<br>\nlast year.<\/p>\n<p>Antara reported yesterday that the officials collect about Rp<br>\n3 million in fees a day. The driver of each public transport<br>\nminivan is charged Rp 100 and drivers of heavy vehicles, such as<br>\ntrucks, pay between Rp 1,000 and Rp 1,500 each time they pass a<br>\ncheck point.<\/p>\n<p>The minister of home affairs has threatened to fire officials<br>\nwho defy the ruling on fee abolishment.<\/p>\n<p>Bogor regency spokesman Jenner Simanjuntak promised to look<br>\ninto the report on the alleged illegal fee collection.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Bogor mayoralty said it would lose an estimated<br>\nRp 2.3 billion a year from 20 categories of taxes and fees that<br>\nthe 1997 law revokes.<\/p>\n<p>To compensate for the loss, it will introduce five new taxes<br>\non hotels and restaurants, entertainment, street lighting,<br>\nbillboards and groundwater. (pan)<\/p>",
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