Illegal tax consultants

Illegal tax consultants

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: The government acknowledged
yesterday that it is unable to crack down on consultants who
manipulate firms' financial statements to pay less taxes.

Head of the Central Java and Yogyakarta Office of the
Directorate General of Tax Waluyo Daryadi said that the
unauthorized consultants have caused substantial losses to the
state.

"Those illegal tax consultants rake profits from taxpayers as
well," he told The Jakarta Post after delivering
a speech on taxation at Soedirman University here.

He said the consultants, who have no license from ministry of
finance, promised the taxpayers, mostly businessmen, that they
could manipulate the taxpayers' financial reports and thereby
reduce the amount of tax paid.

He said a car dealer and a producer of artificial eyelashes in
Banyumas, Central Java, had been in trouble with the local tax
office for having had their financial reports manipulated by the
illegal consultants.(wah/imn)