Lost Oil Palm Taxes
Touted as the national economy’s locomotive, the oil palm industry is instead believed to be reason behind the lost potential for tax revenue in the amount of over Rp20 trillion annually. The problem lies with weak database and non-compliant businesses.
Khairul Anam
October 18, 2021
This is the first report in the collaborative investigation and reporting series by Tempo, Mongabay Indonesia, Betahita, and Auriga Nusantara is made possible by the support of Perkumpulan Prakarsa, Eye on the Forest, Jikalahari, and Greenpeace Indonesia.
FARID Bachtiar likens tax delinquents in the oil palm sector to ducks. And Farid, Chief of the Riau Province Tax Office, intends to go on a hunt for ducks.
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