New tax revenues reach 40% in the first half

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – Directorate General of Taxes Ministry of Finance (19659002 DGT Ministry of Finance ) recorded the realization of tax revenue in the first half of this year only reached 581.54 billion Rp or 40.84 percent of the targeted goal at Rp1. Although not yet reached half the target, Director General of Taxation Department of Finance, Robert Pakpahan said that this year's bag of tax revenue is much bigger than the same period last year [19659003] of the target. Then in terms of revenue growth is also a bit higher. In the first half of 2018, tax growth reached 13.96%, compared to 7.6% in the first half of 2017.

"This trend continues to increase as economic growth also increases year-on-year. in year, for example 4.9%, now 5 In addition to economic growth, he continues, the realization of tax revenue in the first half of this year is also due to the growing awareness of the payment of taxpayers (WP). Awareness is voluntary and the result of the tax amnesty program tax amnesty ) in 2016-2017.

"Compliance also came because we looked, we have examined. So, previously hidden and unrecorded, Robert

According to the sector, tax revenues come mainly from the processing industry, reaching 30.3% of revenue realization in the first half. The tax contribution of this sector alone has increased by 12.64% compared to the first half of last year.

Then the second contribution came from the commercial sector. Its contribution reached 20.6% of the achievement with growth reaching 27.91%. Tracking by the financial services sector grew by 7.24 percent with a contribution of 14.2 percent.

However, in terms of growth, in fact the highest tax revenues were in the mining and agricultural sectors, respectively 79.71 percent and 34.35 percent. "Although it does not contribute to the large incomes, it has increased the most," he said.

Although based on taxes, the largest contribution came from the Domestic Income Tax (PPH) of about 127.8 billion Rp with a growth of 9.1%. Tracking, the revenue contribution of the companies rising to R119, 9 trillion, which increased by 23.9 percent and Value Added Tax (VAT) Rp83, 84 trillion which increased by 24.3 percent cent

Then the revenue contribution also obtained from Article 21 of Rp67, $ 9 trillion or 22.23 percent growth and Article 22 tax on the importation of Rp 27.02 billion, which rose 28 percent, and income tax 25/29 Rp6, 98 billion, which rose 20.06 percent. This, director of fiscal potential and compliance DJP Yon Arsal believes that tax revenue this year could reach the target set in the state budget (APBN) 2018.

In fact, revenue growth Fiscal should also reach the goal of about 23 percent of last year when calculating tax amnesty revenue and reaching 25 percent without tax amnesty .

"Because on a monthly basis, we are quite consistent in those three months." Robert says his agency is optimistic about pursuing tax revenue targets, even though the government is offering tax cuts. tax (19459012) tax holiday ).

The reason, reducing the UMKM tax rate from 1.0 percent to 0.5 percent only applied to half this year. Tax revenues in this sector amounted to Rp5.8 trillion, however, with normal tariffs in the first half at least Rp 2 900 billion may be pocketed.

While the discount rate applicable as of July 1, will only reduce potential revenues of about Rp1, 5 trillion. "This is a relatively small loss of what we are aiming for up to one trillion "(19459006) Then, for tax holiday n? certainly does not interfere with the potential of tax revenues this year because no industry has managed to use tax incentives

" Tax holiday indirectly, until now no one Proposed for this, so this year there is no exemption from the income tax for the industry It is estimated only that the industry already produces , new, "he concluded. (beer)