Income tax returns may be filed on Saturday, Sunday

Income tax returns may be filed on Saturday, Sunday

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Tax offices will stay open on Saturday and Sunday to serve
those wishing to file their income tax returns by the March 31
deadline, a spokesman said but added that tax offices would be
closed on Friday's national holiday.

Directorate General of Taxation spokesman Nono Hanafie said
that tax offices would serve taxpayers filing their income tax
returns throughout the weekend.

He said that on Saturday taxpayers could file their returns up
until 5 p.m., and until 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Tax offices, he said, were anticipating a surge in the number
of taxpayers trying to beat Sunday deadline.

"A delay or a failure to file an income tax return will be
subject to a flat fine of Rp 100,000 (about US$10)," Nono said.

He also said that the tax service had set up a number of
stands in several shopping malls to serve those wishing to file
their returns.

Nono, however, failed to state in which malls the tax service
would set up the stands, saying only that this would be
advertised on national TV.

He said taxpayers regularly filed their income tax returns
late, forcing tax offices to stay open longer than on normal
working days.

Unlike previously, the tax forms used require taxpayers to
state their wealth, which Nono said was to better ascertain the
income of taxpayers.

He said that by tracking an individual's wealth, the tax
service could identify a decline in assets, which in the case of
a sale would have generated a gain.

Capital gains are taxable and should be reflected in a
person's income tax return, he explained.