'Tax deduction for bullet imports'

'Tax deduction for bullet imports'

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Target Shooting and Hunting Association
(Perbakin) was considering a reinstatement of the tax deduction
for imported bullets, according to newly installed chairman
Djadja Suparman here on Tuesday.

"Importing bullets has significantly increased our expenses.
We are expecting help from the tax authorities to ease the
burden," Djadja, who replaced Sutoyoso, told reporters after his
installment ceremony at the National Sports Council (KONI) office
here.

Benny J. Mamoto, Perbakin chief in charge of target shooting,
said that bullet imports had absorbed 60 percent of the budget
and that the organization would attempt to cut that figure in
half to free up the budget for other necessities.

Perbakin had once proposed such a move when preparing for the
1987 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Jakarta but it did not
materialize, with Benny citing bureaucratic procedures. --JP