Dirty Deals Under the Table

Agreement has finally been reached on the Draft Taxation Law. Businesses will now be able to request that payments be deferred. Mischievous officials may even face criminal charges.

June 12, 2007

SUSTAINED opposition over the last four years has at last born fruit. Thursday two weeks ago, the Draft Law (RUU) on General Taxation Arrangements & Procedures, which accommodates a number of proposals from business circles, was finally agreed to by the House of Representatives (DPR) Special Committee on Taxation. “Most of our proposals have been accommodated,” said Indonesian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Kadin) Deputy Chair Hariyadi B. Su

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