Angkasa Pura owes ads tax

Angkasa Pura owes ads tax

Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post/Tangerang

The operator of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, PT Angkasa
Pura II, has not paid its dues to the municipal administration
for the tax it has collected from outdoor advertisements at the
airport over the last four years, an official said on Tuesday.

"We estimate that PT Angkasa Pura II owes us Rp 2 billion
(US$224,719) in taxes collected from the billboards since 2000,"
head of parks agency Said Hendro Wiyanto told The Jakarta Post.

The agency noted that there are 320 billboards at the airport,
with Rp 325,000 and Rp 375,000 per square meter in taxes accrued
in one year.

Mayor Wahidin Halim claimed he had asked the company in April
to recalculate data on taxable items at the airport.

Said added that his agency had also urged the company in July
to pay its tax arrears.

"I have met with Sri Evianti, head of the revenue division of
the company. She had explained that the company was still
processing data on billboard tax since the billboards were
managed by several advertising companies," he said.

"We will send another letter, asking the company to settle the
tax arrears immediately, otherwise we will remove all billboards
from the airport."

When the Post tried to reach Sri Evianti for confirmation, a
staff member said that she was undertaking a minor haj pilgrimage
to Mecca.

The Tangerang municipal administration targeted Rp 4 billion
in revenue from tax on outdoor advertisements this year.