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GOVT ACHIEVES TAX, EXCISE REVENUE TARGET
Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - The Directorate General of Taxes and Excises achieved its revenue target for the first quarter of 2009 although the target figure was raised significantly.
"We have achieved our target for the first quarter of this year. This year's target was raised from Rp49.49 trillion to Rp54 trillion," Taxes and Excises Director General Anwar Suprijadi said here on Tuesday.
He said state income from excises and taxes in the first quarter of this year reached Rp14.81 trillion or almost 25 percent of the target this year.
"In the first quarter of this year, the target of about 24 percent tax receipts has been surpassed as it has reached 25 percent. So, it is already above the target," he added.
The director general said that the tax target was raised in order to support the government's call for reduction of smoking to help improve the health of the people.
When asked whether there would be new policies with regard to the efforts to boost excise receipts, the director general said that the government had no plan yet to raise cigarettes taxes again.
"We are also still considering the function of cigarette companies in absorbing workers. What we are doing is to enforce the law on illegal companies. Up to now, we have no plan to raise retail cigarette sale prices as well. We want to give the industry business certainty," he added.
In the meantime, the revenue targets from import duties and export taxes were respectively set at the state budget for 2009 at Rp16.66 trillion and Rp9.34 trillion.
The targets were later raised, however, to Rp14 trillion and Rp2.5 trillion respectively, the director general said.
Anwar Suprijadi said that in the first quarter of 2009, the realization of import duty receipts reached Rp4.27 trillion and that of the export taxes accounted for Rp26.22 billion.***2***
"We have achieved our target for the first quarter of this year. This year's target was raised from Rp49.49 trillion to Rp54 trillion," Taxes and Excises Director General Anwar Suprijadi said here on Tuesday.
He said state income from excises and taxes in the first quarter of this year reached Rp14.81 trillion or almost 25 percent of the target this year.
"In the first quarter of this year, the target of about 24 percent tax receipts has been surpassed as it has reached 25 percent. So, it is already above the target," he added.
The director general said that the tax target was raised in order to support the government's call for reduction of smoking to help improve the health of the people.
When asked whether there would be new policies with regard to the efforts to boost excise receipts, the director general said that the government had no plan yet to raise cigarettes taxes again.
"We are also still considering the function of cigarette companies in absorbing workers. What we are doing is to enforce the law on illegal companies. Up to now, we have no plan to raise retail cigarette sale prices as well. We want to give the industry business certainty," he added.
In the meantime, the revenue targets from import duties and export taxes were respectively set at the state budget for 2009 at Rp16.66 trillion and Rp9.34 trillion.
The targets were later raised, however, to Rp14 trillion and Rp2.5 trillion respectively, the director general said.
Anwar Suprijadi said that in the first quarter of 2009, the realization of import duty receipts reached Rp4.27 trillion and that of the export taxes accounted for Rp26.22 billion.***2***
