After Rara Pawang MotoGP Rain, Now It's Pastor Gilbert's Turn Who Is Reminded To Pay Taxes By Sri Mulyani's Men

Pastor Gilbert with a photo with several figures (Photo: Twitter @@PastorGilbertL)

JAKARTA – The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) continues to make various efforts to be able to realize the tax revenue target this year, including through social media.

Most recently, the Special Staff of the Minister of Finance Yustinus Prastowo reminded religious leaders Father Gilbert Lumoindong to fulfill his obligations to the state.

According to Yustinus, Pastor Gilbert is a community figure who has a strong influence to be able to encourage the success of state programs. One of the suggestions by Sri Mulyani's subordinates was to participate in the tax amnesty program.

"Mr @PastorGilbertL, let's join the Voluntary Disclosure Program (PPS) to show love for the country," he said via his Twitter account @prastow on Friday, April 1.

Yustinus added that the PPS facility is considered suitable for taxpayers (WP) such as Pastor Gilbert considering the income collected is quite adequate.

"The income of God's servants from religious lectures and services, especially those with fantastic amounts, is tax payable," he said.

Yustinus also did not forget to mention a special mention to the Directorate General of Taxes' Twitter account as part of forwarding information.

"Is that so @DitjenPajakRI?" he insisted.

Meanwhile, Yistinus's statement was uploaded in response to Pastor Gilbert's tweet, which previously mentioned the phenomenon of rain handler Rara during the Mandalika MotoGP event some time ago.

“I am a servant of God. Sorry I can't compromise. I am very tolerant of officially recognized religions in Indonesia. But sorry shamans, fortune tellers and psychics are against faith and Pancasila. So, in all humility I beg your pardon, if I can't compromise!!” he said in @PastorGilbertL.

For information, March 31, 2022, was the deadline for reporting individual Annual SPTs for the period 2021. Meanwhile, PPS itself is a tax facility given to taxpayers on a number of assets that have not been disclosed from a period of several years ago.

PPS is also often referred to as tax amnesty volume II after previously in 2016 a similar program was also organized by the government.