Tax monitoring by the president

Tax monitoring by the president

From Koran Tempo

In the United States, an act enabling legislators to get access to the personal files of taxpayers caused a furor some time ago. It was feared that the access would be exploited by politicians.

Now the Indonesian government is about to adopt a policy allowing the president to supposedly directly monitor officials' tax receipts on a daily basis. But there is no information about what data will be presented to the president. Can it be assumed that major taxpayers are already accessed daily by such a system?

It is therefore necessary to openly explain whether the monitoring involves tax officials or only taxpayers and suspected tax evaders?

If it later turns out that these cases are settled "politically" rather than by legal action, won't this upset investors?

Proper scrutiny of the "sensitive" activities of the Directorate General of Taxation is needed to make these officials aware of the importance of being transparent and to restrict their power when necessary.

RIO MENAJANG Jakarta