Sleman earns increased tax revenue

Sleman earns increased tax revenue

YOGYAKARTA: Sleman Regent Ibnu Subiyanto said that the regency
had enjoyed a some 12-percent increase in the property tax (PBB)
earned in 2003, from some Rp 12 billion to Rp 13.8 billion in
2002, with Depok subdistrict contributing the most, some 40
percent of the total earnings.

Speaking in front of 86 village heads in Sleman regency on
Thursday, Ibnu said that this year the government would increase
the target -- for earnings from the same tax -- to Rp 17.3
billion, arguing that such an increase was important to improve
public services.

The regency's property tax potential this year is Rp 3.7
billion from the rural sector and Rp 16.4 billion from the urban
sector. "All tax, including PBB, will be returned to the tax
payers. The one from hotels and restaurants, for example, will be
used for developing tourism," said Ibnu, encouraging all heads of
villages not to hesitate in collecting the tax from taxpayers.

Ibnu said that early distribution of the tax-payment
notification forms would help the success of the tax office in
carrying out its duty. It would also give it more time to correct
wrong calculations or claims, and respond to complaints from
taxpayers. --JP