Door-to-door tax campaign launched

Door-to-door tax campaign launched

The West Jakarta mayoralty administration has launched a door-
to-door campaign in an effort to collect the overdue property
taxes.

Prior to the launching of the campaign, Mayor Sutardjianto
inspected some 300 collection staff at the Grogol sports complex
on Monday.

As of this month the mayoralty has only received Rp 5.2
billion (US$2.4 million) in property taxes or just 12.5 percent
of the target of Rp 41.4 billion for the 1994/1995 fiscal year,
which began in April.

"Even if you have to work till late at night, you must meet
your tax subject and collect the amount owed," Sutardjianto said.

As reported by Bisnis Indonesia, the mayor reminded his tax
officers that subdistrict chiefs are forbidden to use the funds
for any reason and that they must hand in their collections to
the district budget office daily. (mds)