Brokers to get last turn

Brokers to get last turn

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta administration will give priority to
people who pay their vehicle taxes by themselves rather than
using agents, brokers or other middlemen in a bid to serve the
public better, an official says.

Fauzie Alvi Yasin, the head of the City Revenue Office, said
on Wednesday that he made such a policy to enhance the newly-
launched one-hour-service arrangement.

Fauzie said that agents, brokers and middlemen will get their
service after 2 p.m., referring to hundreds of middlemen who
swarm the Vehicle Documents Service Office (Samsat) every day.

The Jakarta administration started to simplify the procedure
to pay vehicle taxes and to renew vehicle documents at the Samsat
office on Oct. 1.

It said that this will encourage the public to handle the job
themselves and avoid middlemen because of its one-hour service,
which turned out to be a failure.

Fauzie admitted that red tape and corruption among public
servants had hampered the one-hour-service program, discouraging
the public to go to the Samsat office and complete the job
themselves.

Last month Fauzie said that the new measures include the
abolishment of a Rp 2,000 fee for registration forms, a Rp 6,000
for the license plates of two-wheeled vehicles and Rp 8,000 for
car license plates.

The one-hour-service was launched after the number of counters
at the Samsat office was reduced from five to three. (09)