'No compromise for tax evaders'<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Vice Governor Fauzi Bowo said on Thursday the city would not
\ncompromise with 774 tax evaders whose cumulative tax arrears
\nsince 1987 total about Rp 58.5 billion.<\/p>\n
Fauzi said it the administration would no longer tolerate
\nthose parties who failed to pay their taxes.<\/p>\n
He added that tax problems should be resolved through existing
\nregulations.<\/p>\n
\"What compromise? The regulations are very clear. We will
\nresolve the problems based on existing regulations,\" Fauzi said
\nafter a seminar on the revision of Law No. 34\/1999 on the special
\nadministration of Jakarta as the capital.<\/p>\n
The head of the City Revenue Agency, Deden Supriadi, announced
\nlast week the names of tax evaders from four business sectors:
\nhotels, restaurants, entertainment venues and advertising
\ncompanies.<\/p>\n
Deden said that on July 1, his office would issue a letter to
\ndemanding these companies pay their tax arrears. The companies
\nwill be given until the middle of next month to pay the taxes or
\nrisk having their assets seized.<\/p>\n
The city administration is taking action based on Law No.
\n19\/1997 and the revised Law No. 19\/2000 on the forceful
\ncollection of taxes.<\/p>\n
The law also authorizes the administration to put the seized
\nassets up for auction if the tax arrears are not paid.<\/p>\n
Sahid Jaya Hotel, one of the companies named by the city
\nadministration last week, is seeking a \"peaceful\" solution to its
\ntax problems.<\/p>\n
The hotel's president director, Hariyadi B. Sukamdani, told
\nthe press that the hotel and the administration had different
\ncalculations on how much in back taxes were owed by the hotel.<\/p>\n
According to the hotel, it owes Rp 928 million, but the City
\nRevenue Agency puts that figure at about Rp 13.26 billion.<\/p>\n
Fauzi said tax arrears were an old problem. \"It's time for the
\ncity administration to crack down on tax evaders.\"<\/p>\n
Hotel Sahid spokeswoman Sri Ayuningsih said on Thursday that
\nthe hotel had invited city officials to discuss how to resolve
\nthe problem peacefully.<\/p>\n
\"We have invited city administration officials to discuss the
\nmatter in order to seek a win-win solution, but so far they have
\nrefused to discuss any different calculation,\" Sri told The
\nJakarta Post. She added that the hotel management would not
\ninsist on its own calculation.<\/p>",
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