The Entertainment Tax Hike Controversy
Business actors are preparing a judicial review over the provisions on entertainment tax rates. A reflection of poorly prepared regulation.
Caesar Akbar
February 5, 2024
ON Friday morning, January 26, a group of entertainment business entrepreneurs arrived at the office of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment. Dozens owners of discotheque, karaoke bars, nightclubs, and bars were there to meet with the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, to discuss the controversial entertainment tax rates. “If this tax is implemented, it could ruin us,” said E
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