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    "data": {
        "id": 1219440,
        "msgid": "firms-get-tax-penalty-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-07-28 00:00:00",
        "title": "Firms get tax penalty",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Firms get tax penalty JAKARTA (JP): The government has suspended the taxpayer status of 48 companies allegedly involved in tax manipulations, thereby canceling their right to a tax refund. Karsono Surjowibowo, secretary of the Tax Directorate General, announced yesterday that the 48 companies have, allegedly, abused the use of tax invoices.",
        "content": "<p>Firms get tax penalty<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The government has suspended the taxpayer status<br>\nof 48 companies allegedly involved in tax manipulations, thereby<br>\ncanceling their right to a tax refund.<\/p>\n<p>Karsono Surjowibowo, secretary of the Tax Directorate General,<br>\nannounced yesterday that the 48 companies have, allegedly, abused<br>\nthe use of tax invoices.<\/p>\n<p>Karsono said that the tax registry numbers of those companies<br>\nhave been suspended so that they will no longer be able to<br>\nreceive a refund of their value added tax (VAT) payments.<\/p>\n<p>He did not specify what fraud had been committed by these<br>\ncompanies.<\/p>\n<p>A source at the tax office said that so far the government has<br>\nfound 3,000 cases of VAT manipulations, involving a financial<br>\nloss of over Rp 150 billion (US$67.56 million) to the state.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the cases involved the use of manipulated tax invoices<br>\nto obtain tax refunds.<\/p>\n<p>Export-oriented companies are allowed to get tax refunds from<br>\nthe government for the payment of a 10 percent VAT for their<br>\nimported raw materials and capital goods.(hen)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/firms-get-tax-penalty-1447893297",
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