Tax-free luxury cars<\/p>\n
In the past week the mass media has been filled with reports
\nabout the duty-free and tax-free import of a great number of
\nluxury cars. The official explanation is that the import duty and
\nspecial sales taxes were waived for those luxury cars and
\nmotorbikes because they were intended for exclusive purposes,
\nsuch as use by the President or state guests, to serve as samples
\nfor the manufacture or import by the Indonesian Motor (Sport)
\nAssociation.<\/p>\n
However, it is an open secret that those luxury vehicles are
\nbeing used for other purposes as well, especially for use by the
\nwell-to-do or certain government officials. And many of them are
\nbeing advertised in newspapers for sale. This is ironic since
\nordinary people have to pay a relatively large sum of money in
\ntaxes just to buy a modest car or motorbike. On the other hand,
\nsome government officials are keeping one or two luxury cars --
\nsomething they cannot logically afford in an entire lifetime
\nconsidering their salaries. Still, such is the reality.<\/p>\n
The government has promised to go after the taxes owed. Unless
\nthey are paid off, the cars would have to be reexported.
\nNaturally we welcome this objective since it would demonstrate to
\nthe public that there are no exceptions or special privileges
\nwhere taxes are concerned.<\/p>\n
-- Bisnis Indonesia, Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tax-free-luxury-cars-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }