Purbaya to Bypass Rigid Rules, Officials Who Resist Will Be Sacked

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has asserted that he will provide tax incentives, such as Income Tax and Land and Building Rights Acquisition Duty, for business actors contributing to national priority agendas. He cited the example that parties providing land to the state to support national priority agendas should not be taxed on the land grant. To ensure this plan proceeds without bureaucratic obstacles, Purbaya declared his readiness to break through or bypass the rigid rules that have existed within the Ministry of Finance. “So I will bypass all the rules in the Ministry of Finance so that this can proceed,” he said during the Signing of the Land Grant Commitment at Wisma Danantara. Purbaya stressed that the broader public interest in obtaining decent housing must take priority over obstructive regulations. He even asserted that he would not hesitate to dismiss officials who try to hinder the process of providing these tax incentives. “Later, if officials resist, I will just sack them,” he emphasised. Regarding the handover of 30 hectares of land in Meikarta by the Lippo Group, Purbaya explained that this would become a state asset to be transferred with the status of state capital injection to the Danantara Investment Management Agency. This management will be professional and profitable. The land will be used for the development of the 3 Million Homes Programme carried out by the Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas. Purbaya is optimistic that the project can commence work in the near future. “So later I will ensure I cooperate with Mr Nusron (Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning) to make sure everything is clear in two months, and construction can begin after that,” he said. Purbaya also acknowledged that the asset grant to support the government’s priority programmes greatly assists the state budget.