Integrated information system installed at Ministry of Finance
Integrated information system installed at Ministry of Finance
JAKARTA (JP): Deutsche Gesellshaft fur Technische
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) of Germany is developing an integrated
information system that will link all monetary authorities
throughout the country with the Ministry of Finance.
Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad told reporters here
yesterday that the system, which will process all financial data
produced by monetary authorities, will help his ministry in
formulating policies.
"With the centralized data, our ministry will be able to
formulate better financial policies in the future," he said after
officially opening a seminar on integrated information systems
for public administration.
The meeting was organized by the ministry and GTZ at the
Borobudur Inter-continental Hotel.
Mar'ie said the project for the information system will
involve networks in the directorate generals of his ministry,
local administrations, Bank Indonesia (the central bank) and
economy-related ministries.
He declined to give details on the investments for the
project, saying that costs are still being discussed.
Budget
Dono Iskandar Djojosubroto, chief of the ministry's agency for
financial analysis, said the planned system will be useful for
the formulation of state budgets.
The system will provide data on the developments of oil and
gas prices, tax collection, customs and excise revenues, non-tax
receipts, foreign aid and foreign exchange developments, he said.
The government collects revenues from payments of oil
companies operating in Indonesia under production sharing
contracts, taxation, import duties and foreign aid.
"On taxation, for example, the system will cover progress in
tax collection, the number of taxpayers, implementation of tax
regulations and improvement in companies' businesses," Dono said.
Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance Jusuf Anwar said
the system will also be linked to the National Development
Planning Board (Bappenas) and stock exchanges.
Both Mar'ie and Jusuf said the ministry's current cooperation
with GTZ is an embryo for the development of a fully integrated
system in all the ministries in the future.
Mar'ie added that his ministry chose the German company to set
up the system because it has installed an integrated system for
his ministry on taxation.
Collection of taxes in Indonesia is based on self
assessment.(fhp)