The Wrong Time to Increase Taxes

The government's plan to revise the General Taxation System Law is proposed at the wrong time. The government should cut spending rather than trying to increase tax revenues.

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May 31, 2021

THE government and the House of Representatives (DPR) should not force through the revision to the General Taxation System Law this year. With the current economic uncertainty, the government must be realistic: this is not the right time to be trying to increase tax revenues. If this is forced through, rather than recovering, our economy could collapse.

The plan for the fifth revision to Law No. 6/1983 on general provisions of

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