Speech on eliminating taxes on motorcycles, says PKS Not Imaging

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The spokesman of the Party for Prosperous Justice (PKS), Pipin Sopian, pointed out that the speech on the planned elimination of the taxation of motorcycles would ease the burden on the community.

"This plan (elimination) is our contribution, not our imagery, and we want this to be implemented at the national level in order to include it in the law and alleviate the burden on the population." Pipin said in a discussion titled "Controversy over the elimination of taxes on motorcycles and the implementation of SIM cards for a lifespan" Life "at the PKS Bureau DPP, Jakarta, Wednesday (28/11/2018) ).

According to Pipin, the abolition plan was based on high food and fuel prices and high electricity rates. This is considered a burden for people of the lower clbad.

"We want to give a sense of justice to the community because the government continues to provide incentives to wealthy people, such as tax amnesty programs," he said.

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Therefore, continues Pipin, if PKS gets the mandate to govern the government in the future, it will set the budget allocation of the tax on motorcycles that will be subsidized through the budget and expenses of the company. State (APBN).

In addition, PKS will also fight for a tax increase for people with luxury vehicles.

"Because we want justice to be fair, the rich are not the only ones who continue to receive incentives from the government.PKS has sided with the community, who does the government belong to?" Said Pipin.

At the same time, researchers from the Institute for Economic Development and Development (Indiaf), Rusli Abdullah, felt that the plan to remove the taxation of motorcycles was inappropriate.

The reason the basic principle of taxing is to curb people so that they do not buy vehicles and opt for public transport.

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"If you get rid of the tax, the vehicle will go up, and then how will we reduce it? social cost? "said Rusli.

Social cost What Rusli means, is that the increase in the number of motorized vehicles will have a negative impact on the environment and will reduce the quality of the air.

Previously, PKS had promised two programs if they were elected in the 2019 election. Both programs were the bill on the elimination of motorcycle taxes and the implementation of cards. Permanent SIMs.

The tax on the motorcycles in question is the motor vehicle tax (PKB), the motor vehicle name transfer tax (PBBNKB), the cost of financing a road accident, the number vehicle registration (STNK) and administration fees for motor vehicle numbers (TNKB) has a small cubic centimeter (CC) engine capacity.