JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - The Indonesian government has booked tax revenues of Rp222 trillion in the first quarter of 2017, including revenues from oil and gas sector, which recorded a rise of 18.2 percent from the same quarter last year, a financial ministry official said.
Director for Potential, Compliance and Tax Revenues Yon Arsal said tax income from non-oil and gas sector reached Rp 210 trillion grew by 15.2% from the same period last year, oil and gas sector revenues reached Rp 11.9 trillion, grew by 80 percent from the same period last year.
The government just ended the tax amnesty program on March 31. Tax payers have registered Rp4,813 trillion worth of assets, reapatriated funds reached Rp121 trillion.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said the government still needs to work hard to boost tax revenues, both through improvement of technical aspect, institution and procedures.
As part of improving tax collection, the Finance Ministry has launched Kartin1 card that combines identity card, tax file number and other programs such as social security program (BPJS) and others. The card will help the tax office in generating consistent information. (*)