Tax officials to improve proficiency

Tax officials to improve proficiency

JAKARTA (JP): The Directorate General of Tax, in cooperation
with the vaunted Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United
States, yesterday started training 35 of its officials to
investigate financial frauds.

Director General of Taxes Fuad Bawazier said at the opening of
the two-week training course here that the course is aimed at
improving tax investigators' skills in probing financial
manipulations.

According to its budget plan for the 1994-95 fiscal year,
which began April 1, the government expects to take in some Rp
34.81 trillion (US$16.25 billion) in tax receipts, 23 percent
higher than the Rp 28.2 trillion estimated for the 1993-94 fiscal
year.

The training will focus on advancing investigative techniques
on financial fraud, improving interviewing skills, compiling
information and analyzing tax literature. The subjects to be
discussed include money laundering, domestic and international
banking, indirect methods to verify incomes, and net worth
calculation and documentation.

The instructors include Elwyn Hildum and Kent Marcum of the
IRS and some recent graduates of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center of the United States. (icn)