Capital to Take Flight?

January 23, 2001

Will the 5 percent increase, from 15 to 20 percent, in income tax imposed on deposit account interest shift capital abroad?
(January 12 - 19, 2001)
Yes
73.7% 305
No
22.9%95
Not Sure
3.4%14
Total100%414
The government has increased income tax on interest derived from bank deposits, saving accounts and discounted Bank Indonesia promissory notes (SBIs), from 15 to 20 percent. The new policy, laid out in regulation No.131/2000, came into effect o...

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