Tangerang may lose Rp20b in tax

Tangerang may lose Rp20b in tax

JAKARTA (JP): The mayoralty of Tangerang will lose Rp 20
billion (US$1.8 million) in income from Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport following the government's plan to hand
over the airport's management to foreign firms.

Tangerang Mayor M. Thamrin claimed that if the airport were to
be managed by foreign firms, it would be difficult to ask them to
pay mayoralty taxes.

The mayoralty's revenue from the airport had been generated
from parking fees, restaurant taxes and the airport's back
entrance fees.

"We will discuss this problem with the central government. We
need the funds to pay our employees and finance development
projects here," Thamrin told Antara.

The president of the airport's current operator state-owned PT
Angkasa Pura II, Yayoen Wahyoedi, revealed recently that the
operators of an airport in Paris, France and Schippol Airport in
the Netherlands became the preferred bidders to manage Soekarno-
Hatta airport. (jun)