Cellphone Tax Burdensome
May 6, 2014
Tempo.co
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Should the government apply luxury items tax on the purchase of cellphones?
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| Yes |  |
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| (30.3%) | 190 | |
| No |  |
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| (67.1%) | 421 | |
| Unsure |  |
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| (2.6%) | 16 | |
| Total | (100%) | 627 |
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THE government plans to collect 20 percent luxury items tax from cellular phones which has an excise band of more than Rp5 million per unit. The reason? "To push local industry growth," Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi said. He believes that consumers w |