City parking agency plans to lower levy<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The city car parking agency plans to lower the
\nlevy paid by private parking operators from 35 percent to between
\n10 percent and 15 percent of their annual income.<\/p>\n
The chairman of City Council Commission D on development
\naffairs, Sayogo Hendrosubroto, confirmed that the agency has
\nrequested an amendment to City Bylaw No.5\/1999 but has yet to
\nsubmit a full draft of the amendment.<\/p>\n
Sayogo said the commission plans to hold a hearing with the
\nagency later this month to discuss it further.<\/p>\n
\"It was their decision to have the levy lowered but we have to
\nknow why they intend to do it,\" Sayogo said.<\/p>\n
The city bylaw has become a source of dispute between the city
\nadministration and private parking operators.<\/p>\n
The private operators maintain that the regulation contravenes
\nother government regulations including Law No. 18\/1997 on taxes
\nand Law No. 20\/1997 on provincial or mayoralty taxes.<\/p>\n
The city bylaw obliges parking operators of private properties
\nto set parking rates at Rp 1,000 for the first hour and Rp 1,000
\nfor each following hour, while Article 3 of Law No. 20\/1997
\nstipulates that the city administration should only manage
\nparking lots which are owned and operated by the administration
\nbut not those run by private parking operators.<\/p>\n
Sayogo pointed out that lowering the levy will affect the
\nsubsidy from the city budget to the agency.<\/p>\n
\"As you know the city parking agency is always under public
\nscrutiny as it receives a subsidy from the city administration
\nbut do not provide a profit for the city,\" Sayogo said.<\/p>\n
In the 2000 city budget that covers a nine-month period, the
\ncity parking agency received, some Rp 14.6 billion
\n(US$1.62million).<\/p>\n
City parking agency senior officials could not be contacted on
\nThursday to comment on the plan.(dja)<\/p>",
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