No fines imposed for overdue taxes

No fines imposed for overdue taxes

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Police will impose no fines on people
whose driving licenses or vehicle registration documents are due
between Oct. 31 and Nov. 6 when they apply for extensions in the
following week.

"We will not impose fines because we realize that it's not the
taxpayers' fault that their extensions are late. It's just that
we are having a long holiday," city traffic police chief Sr.
Comr. Djoko Susilo said on Monday.

Djoko said that traffic police would give two-week grace
period from Nov. 7 to Nov. 21 for car owners to pay their overdue
taxes.

"If, during this period ,they don't take care of their vehicle
registration, then we will fine them," he said.

Djoko added that Jakartans with just expired driving licenses
would not be given tickets.

The Jakarta administration also announced that taxpayers whose
taxes fall due during the coming holidays would not be required
to pay fines.

"We exempt taxpayers from the obligation to pay any fines
during the holiday from Nov. 2 to Nov. 8," City Revenue Agency
head Agusman Badarudin told reporters at City Hall.

He said that among taxes included in the exemption were hotel
and restaurant taxes, taxes for off-street parking businesses and
vehicular taxes.

Meanwhile, city secretary Ritola Tasmaya said most city
agencies that oversee day-to-day public services, would remain
operational.

"The fire department, and the sanitation and health agencies
will work in shifts," he said.