Motorists pay Rp 188b in taxes

Motorists pay Rp 188b in taxes

TANGERANG: The Tangerang Motor Vehicle Taxation Office
collected Rp 188 billion from vehicle owners this year, an
official at the office said on Monday.

The office manager, Gunawan Hermawan Syah, told The Jakarta
Post on Monday that the amount had far exceeded the target.

"The regency administration had only targeted bringing in Rp
140 billion in revenue from vehicle taxes this year," he said.

He said that the revenue would be spent on repairing roads,
widening roads, providing roadside facilities as well as
repairing schools and places of worship.

Meanwhile, the chief of the vehicle documents department,
First Insp. Sutimin, said there were 2,030,000 vehicles
registered at the Tangerang branch while another 150,000 vehicles
operating in the regency were registered in several other cities.

He said that the revenue from vehicle taxes also exceeded the
administration's target last year.--JP