Putera number one taxpayer<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Putera Sampoerna, the chairman of the East Java-
\nbased Sampoerna Group, topped the list of the 200 biggest
\nindividual taxpayers in 1994, replacing his sister Sinta Dewi
\nSampoerna.<\/p>\n
Putera, who was ranked sixth in 1993, surpassed Soedono Salim
\n(Liem Sioe Liong) the chairman of the Salim Group. Liem came
\nsecond.<\/p>\n
The top three corporate taxpayers did not change from the
\nprevious year. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) and PT
\nIndosat retained first and second place, with Gudang Garam
\nkeeping its third place.<\/p>\n
Director General of Taxation Fuad Bawazier announced yesterday
\nthat Henry Pribadi, an executive of PT Chandra Asri, soared to
\nthe third largest individual taxpayer from his 18th rank in 1993.<\/p>\n
The rest of the top ten individual taxpayers for 1994 were, in
\ndescending order, Liem's son Anthony Salim, Bambang
\nTrihatmomodjo, the chairman of the Bimantara Group, Prajogo
\nPangestu, the chairman of the Barito Group, Eka Tjipta Widjaja,
\nthe chairman of the Sinar Mas Group, Saiman Ernawan, Sugianto
\nKusumo, and Andree Halim of Gudang Garam, the country's largest
\ncigarette taxpayer.<\/p>\n
Saiman Erawan and Sugianto Kusumo are new to the top ten.<\/p>\n
Sinta Dewi Sampoerna, who grabbed first place in 1993, dropped
\nto 55th, while Hutomo (Tommy) Mandala Putra, the youngest son of
\nPresident Soeharto, was down to 16th from a ninth place slot in
\nthe previous year.<\/p>\n
Mohammad (Bob) Hasan, the king of Indonesian timber, and Usman
\nAdmadjaja, the chairman of Bank Danamon, also vanished from the
\ntop ten, sliding to 22nd and 15th respectively.<\/p>\n
Another prominent businessman, Sudwikatmono, the president of
\nPT Indocement, managed 18th place, while Mochtar Riyadi of the
\nLippo Group came 26th, Sigit Harjojudanto, Soeharto's eldest son,
\n29th, Marimutu Sinivasan, the chairman of the Texmaco Group,
\n38th, Djaja Ramli, the chairman of Bank Bali, 48th, Kaharudin
\nOngko, a commissioner of Bank Umum Nasional, 50th.<\/p>\n
Soebronto Laras, the president of PT Indomobil, took 73rd
\nplace, Aburizal Bakrie, the chairman of the Bakrie Group, 74th,
\nProbosutedjo, the chairman of the Garmak Motor Group, 81st, and
\nJakob Oetama, the chief editor of Kompas daily, 82nd.<\/p>\n
Newcomers<\/p>\n
Fuad said the 1994 top ten underwent a major change owing to
\nthe entry of the two newcomers, Saiman and Sugianto, and because
\nseveral prominent businesspeople managed lower rankings.<\/p>\n
He said the ranking was based on the 1994 tax returns, but
\nrefused to disclose anyone's reported annual income.<\/p>\n
Income tax payments by individuals rose by 40 percent to Rp
\n7.1 trillion in 1994. The tax paid by the top 200 climbed 183
\npercent.<\/p>\n
"The income tax payments of those in the top 20 accounted for
\n1.5 percent of the total income tax paid by individuals," Fuad
\nsaid. "The payments by the top 200 taxpayers accounted for 3.3
\npercent."<\/p>\n
Corporations<\/p>\n
Telkom, the state-owned domestic telecommunications service
\nnow listed on the London, New York and Jakarta stock exchanges,
\nstayed at the top of the 200 biggest corporate taxpayers list in
\n1994.<\/p>\n
Indosat, the state-owned provider of international telephone
\nservices now listed on the New York and Jakarta stock exchanges,
\ncame second. Gudang Garam, the country's largest cigarette
\nproducer, came third. Fourth place was grabbed by PT H.M.
\nSampoerna, another major cigarette producer based in East Java.<\/p>\n
The top 10 positions were dominated by state-owned companies,
\nwith Bank Negara Indonesia 1946 taking fifth, Bank Ekspor Impor
\nIndonesia sixth, toll road operator PT Jasa Marga seventh, Bank
\nDagang Negara eighth, Bank Rakyat Indonesia ninth, and Perum
\nPerhutani, a state-owned forestry firm, coming 10th.<\/p>\n
Fuad said the top 20 corporate taxpayers contributed Rp 1.7
\ntrillion to the total corporate income tax total of Rp 10.8
\ntrillion in 1994.<\/p>\n
He said the 200 top corporate taxpayers contributed Rp 4.45
\ntrillion, or 41 percent, of the corporate income tax total.<\/p>\n
"Their contribution was higher than the 37.6 percent in 1993,"
\nFuad said.<\/p>\n
The government managed to collect Rp 18.84 trillion in income
\ntaxes for the 1993\/1994 fiscal year. (hen)<\/p>\n
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