Draft law on taxation

Draft law on taxation

From Suara Karya

The draft law on taxation which the government is planning to submit to the House of Representatives (DPR) contains, among other things, the recommendation that the State Administrative Court be declared incompetent to handle complaints filed by taxpayers concerning warrants issued by the tax authorities to collect taxes in arrears.

Giving the tax authorities the right to issue warrants would make them extremely powerful with respect to collecting taxes that are owed on the basis of the tax forms that are also issued by them.

The government's proposal to stipulate that tax payers cannot file a complaint with the State Administrative Court is therefore superfluous. The House should reject this proposal. Let the Administrative Court decide whether or not the warrants in question have any proper legal ground.

SUHARSONO HADIKUSUMO

Jakarta