Liem tops country's taxpayers<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Soedono Salim (Liem Sioe Liong), the chairman of
\nthe giant Salim Group, topped the list of the country's 200
\nbiggest individual taxpayers for 1995, after coming second in the
\nlast two years' rankings.<\/p>\n
PT Freeport Indonesia in Irian Jaya was listed as the largest
\ncorporate taxpayer, rising from its rank of 53 for 1994.<\/p>\n
Director General of Taxation Fuad Bawazier announced last
\nnight that Putera Sampoerna, the chairman of the East Java-based
\nSampoerna cigarette group, had dropped to number 11 after topping
\nthe individual list for 1994.<\/p>\n
Eka Tjipta Widjaja, the chairman of Sinar Mas Group, jumped to
\nsecond spot from seventh last year.<\/p>\n
The next four biggest individual taxpayers were all members of
\nthe family which controls cigarette manufacturer PT Gudang Garam.
\nThey were listed in order as Rachman Halim, Susilo Wonowidjojo,
\nSigid Sumargo Wonowidjojo and Sumarta Wonowidjojo.<\/p>\n
The remaining top ten individual taxpayers for 1995 were, in
\ndescending order, little-known Mrs. Jd. Tan Siok Tjien, Soedono's
\nson Anthoni Salim, Prajogo Pangestu, the chairman of Barito
\nPacific Group, and President Soeharto's son Bambang Trihatmodjo,
\nthe chairman of Bimantara Group.<\/p>\n
The 200 largest individual taxpayers paid Rp 194.89 billion
\n(US$81.3 million at current rate) in income tax, or 2.7 percent
\nof total individual income taxes of Rp 7.23 trillion, in 1995.<\/p>\n
\"The 200 top corporate taxpayers contributed Rp 4.8 trillion,
\nor 36.7 percent of the total amount of corporate income tax
\nreceipts in 1995,\" Fuad noted.<\/p>\n
Soeharto's other children appeared among the 200 top
\ntaxpayers: Hutomo Mandala Putra, the chairman of Humpuss Group,
\ncame 13th; Sigit Hardjojudanto came 37th and Siti Hediati came
\n177th. Soeharto's son-in-law Indra Rukmana was ranked 23rd.<\/p>\n
Prominent businessman Sudwikatmono, the president of PT
\nIndocement, came 14th, timber baron Mohamad (bob) Hasan came
\n24th, Ibrahim Risjad, the chairman of Risjadson Group, came 26th
\nand Mochtar Riady of the Lippo Group came 29th.<\/p>\n
Aburizal Bakrie, the chairman of Bakrie Group, took 57th spot,
\nSofyan Wanandi of Gemala Group came 60th, Soebronto Laras of PT
\nIndomobil came 64th, Marimutu Sinivasan of the Texmaco Group came
\n75th and Jakob Oetoma, the chief editor of Kompas daily, came
\n79th.<\/p>\n
Sukamdani S. Gitosardjono, the chairman of Sahid Group, came
\n97th, Probosutedjo of Garmak Motor Group came 140th, Rudy Ramli
\nof PT Bank Bali came 147th and Hasyim Djojohadikusumo of the
\nTirtamas Group came 197th.<\/p>\n
Fuad said the ranking was based on tax returns for 1995, the
\nlatest year for which figures were available. The deadline for
\n1996 income tax returns is March 31.<\/p>\n
Fuad said the law prohibited him from disclosing the
\ntaxpayers' incomes.<\/p>\n
Mar'ie said the announcement of the 200 largest individual
\ntaxpayers and 200 largest corporate tax payers aimed to improve
\npeople's tax compliance and transparency in filling out tax
\ninvoices.<\/p>\n
Fuad said Freeport topped the list of the 200 corporate
\ntaxpayers for 1995 because of its rising income. \"It might result
\nfrom the increasing prices of copper or gold. I don't know. But
\nthe fact is that its income was much higher for 1995.\"<\/p>\n
State-owned telecommunications firms PT Telekomunikasi
\nIndonesia (Telkom) and PT Indonesia Satellite Corp. (Indosat),
\nwhich ranked first and second respectively for 1993 and 1994,
\ncame second and third in 1995.<\/p>\n
East Java-based cigarette producer PT H.M. Sampoerna grabbed
\nfourth place, PT Gudang Garam, the country's largest cigarette
\nmaker, came fifth and the country's largest cement producer PT
\nIndocement Tunggal Prakarsa came sixth.<\/p>\n
The remaining top ten corporate tax payers for 1995 were
\nstate-owned companies. In descending order, they were Bank Negara
\nIndonesia 1946, Bank Expor Impor Indonesia, toll road operator
\nJasa Marga and Bank Rakyat Indonesia. (rid)<\/p>",
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