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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The Association of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of Indonesia (Akumindo) is not satisfied with President Joko Widodo's policy (Jokowi) reduces taxes for its business sector from 1% to 0.5%. They ask Jokowi not only to prune, but to abolish taxes for MSMEs.
Mr. Ikhsan Ingratubun, president of Akumindo, explained that UMKM actors, especially micro-enterprises such as street vendors, are usually initiated with their own capital and have low profits. According to him, they still need tax incentives for their business to grow.
He also demanded concrete action of the concept of populist economy that was taken over by the government. According to him, with the concept, the government should pay more attention to small groups, including street vendors.
"This small business should not be taxed first, but for medium and large businesses, it 's just about trying to optimize from a big man' s business. business only, "said Ikhsan in the region of Harmoni, Wednesday 27/6.
In addition, he said, the 0.5% tariff does not really relieve UMKM. Because in other countries politics is even better. He pointed out, the Chinese government that actually provides zero percent tax for entrepreneurs with a turnover of 60 million Rp per month in 2020. "This should be like China", a- he said.
On the other hand, the new government-issued SME tax provisions, as stipulated in Government Regulation (PP) No. 23 of 2018, also require bookkeeping for MSMEs. For him, this makes things difficult for small entrepreneurs.
"Accounting has cost us more money now," he said. "I'm afraid it's only a tax advisor," he said.
Hestu Yoga Saksama, director of the council, services and public relations of the Taxation Branch of the Ministry of Finance (DJP Kemenkeu) said that Akumindo's request gives the impression of unfairness and makes the UMKM unable to contribute the maximum to the state.
According to him, as long as a citizen who has an income in line with the tax limit, it becomes an obligation for citizens to pay taxes. In this way, tax donations are spread more evenly across all walks of life.
It's just that, for the sake of fairness, the tax is based on the type and amount of income received.
"If it is abolished, it will cancel the role of MSMEs in the state," said Yoga, "the familiar greetings.
In addition, he said that the donations of UMKM are very important for the country. Therefore, the amount that makes many contributions to the country is also important.
On the basis of data from the DGT of the Ministry of Finance, the total participation and tax payments of MSMEs have increased year by year. This, he says, shows that MSMEs do not object to paying taxes to the state.
In 2013, 220,000 taxpayers (PM) of the UMKM sector were registered, the amount of tax payments having reached 428 billion Rp. Then, in 2014 increased to 532 thousand WP with payment from Rp2, 2 trillion and 2015 to 578 thousand WP with payment Rp3, 5 trillion.
Then, in 2016 and 2017, each reached 1.04 million WP with payments of Rp 4.3 trillion and 1.5 million WP with payments of Rp5.82 billion.
In fact, on the tax exemption programs (tax amnesty), Yoga said that the contribution of SMEs rising to 22 trillion Rp or the equivalent of 19.29 percent of total income reached Rp 114 billion. "If the number of WPs, about 45% of MSMEs, which means they want to be involved, "he said.
In terms of accounting, yoga has said, in truth, the government wants SMEs to become more transparent and transparent.
"We should not let SMEs continue to be traditional, we need to get them to go to clbad, not only on the sales side, but also a better quality of business," he said.
On the other hand, according to him, accounting becomes an additional capital for SMEs when they want to find capital, for example when they borrow bank credits. He can still smooth the entrepreneur to get credit for capital to develop the business. (Acted)
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