People to repay tycoons' debts<\/p>\n
From Suara Karya<\/p>\n
In the draft state budget for 2001, which the government
\npresented to the House of Representatives on Oct. 2, 2000, 72
\npercent of the state's revenues (about Rp 172.44 trillion of the
\nprojected revenues of Rp 242.99 trillion) will come from the tax
\nsector. It is also projected that income tax will contribute Rp
\n93 trillion, up by 90 percent from the figure in the previous
\nbudget, and that value-added tax will yield some Rp 46.85
\ntrillion, or 80 percent more than in last year's budget.<\/p>\n
This means that the government will make every effort to
\noptimize tax receipts in order to be able to reach the target.
\nThis is evident from the amendments to the Tax Laws, which will
\nbecome effective only in January 2001.<\/p>\n
As is commonly understood, economically speaking our society,
\nthe members of which constitute tax objects, still lags far
\nbehind those in other countries of Southeast Asia, where
\neconomic activities are carried out to the optimum from the
\nupstream to the downstream sectors.<\/p>\n
On the state spending side, the burden that the state will
\nhave to bear owing to the payment of interest on offshore loans
\nin 2001 will amount to Rp 77.40 trillion, which figure
\nconstitutes the biggest portion of the state's routine spending
\nof Rp 186.85 trillion.<\/p>\n
From media reports we have learned that most of these offshore
\nloans have been incurred by the Jimbaran Group or the Cendana
\nfamily and their cronies. So, who actually must assume
\nresponsibility for the shattered economic condition of the
\ncountry?<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the members of society are required to set aside
\npart of their income to pay income tax and other taxes, and we
\nknow that tax receipts provide quite a substantial contribution
\nto the payment of the interest on the offshore loans incurred by
\nthese business tycoons.<\/p>\n
Does all of this reflect justice? Then, what about tax
\nmanipulations committed by giant companies, most of which are
\nalso controlled by the Jimbaran Group and the Cendana family, as
\na result of which losses worth trillions of rupiah are inflicted
\non the state? What has the government done to recoup the money
\nsiphoned off by these tax manipulators?<\/p>\n
Now that the business tycoons have robbed the people of their
\nmoney by cunningly evading the payment of tax to the state's
\ncoffers, must the government just sit idle although eventually it
\nis the government which must settle the debts of these tycoons'
\nby using the people's money collected by the government in the
\nform of income tax and other taxes, regardless of the worsening
\neconomic plight of the people. How does this differ from forced
\nlabor? The answer is, "Don't wait until independence becomes the
\nanswer."<\/p>\n
SYAFRYANTO ADAM<\/p>\n
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