Names of tax dodgers to be revealed TV

Names of tax dodgers to be revealed TV

JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta Mayor Sutarjianto said yesterday that his office will announce the names of those who failed to pay property tax last year.

Sutarjianto said this announcement will be made on television and in newspapers next month because about 1,500 residents of West Jakarta have not paid the taxes. The mayoralty set last December as the deadline for payments.

He explained that West Jakarta received only about Rp 38.1 billion (US$17.31 million) as of last month, below the target of Rp 41.4 billion.

"Hopefully, with this action the tax payers, who have not yet fulfilled their obligation, will pay the tax. If they refuse to do so, we will confiscate their properties," he said.

Head of the East Jakarta Revenues Office Sunaryonaya said as of last month his office collected Rp 33 billion, 89.08 percent of the target of Rp 37.1 billion.

Sunaryonaya said seven corporate taxpayers are in arrears. Two of them are city water company PAM Jaya with arrears of Rp 1.79 million and the Indonesia in Miniature Park with Rp 1.83 million. "They promised to pay the taxes after the Idul Fitri holidays," he added.

Executive of the Central Jakarta Revenues Office Hasyim said his office had collected about Rp 40.2 billion as of last month, 96.2 percent of the target of Rp 41.8 billion. The target is expected to be met by the end of this month.

In South and North Jakarta, property tax collection has exceeded the targets set by the two mayoralties. The South Jakarta mayoralty has collected Rp 56.2 billion, 111.7 percent higher than the target of Rp 50.3 billion.

The North Jakarta mayoralty has collected Rp 38.1 billion, 101.4 percent higher than the target of 37.6 billion. (yns)