SOEs And Institutions Under The Ministry Of Finance To Deposit IDR 3.1 Trillion In Dividends And IDR 7.3 Trillion In Taxes To The Government

Ministry of Finance Building. (Angga Nugraha/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Directorate General of State Assets (DJKN) of the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) recorded a dividend payment of Rp. 3.1 trillion from state-owned enterprises (BUMN)/institutions to the government from 2016 to 2020.

Director General of State Assets Separated Director General of State Assets of the Ministry of Finance Meirijal Nur said SOEs/institutions under the Ministry of Finance also paid taxes worth Rp. 7.3 trillion in the same period.

The SOEs/institutions under the Ministry of Finance are PT Sarana Multigriya Finansial (Persero or SMF, PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (Persero) or SMI, PT Geo Dipa Energi (Persero), PT Indonesia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund (Persero) or PPI, and PT Indonesia Infrastructure Finance. (IIF).

"This is the number of dividends and taxes that have been deposited by State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN)/institutions under the Ministry of Finance," he said in a virtual discussion, Friday, July 2.

The details of the amount of dividends paid to the government each year, namely in 2016, the dividends paid were Rp444 billion, then in 2017 it was Rp476.08 billion, and Rp587.63 trillion in 2018. Next is Rp716.1 billion in 2019 and Rp887, 18 billion in 2020.

Meanwhile, tax payments consisted of Rp1.32 trillion in 2016, Rp1.39 trillion in 2017, Rp1.38 trillion in 2018, Rp1.66 trillion in 2019, and Rp1.52 trillion in 2020.

Meirijal admitted that dividend payments from SOEs/institutions under the Ministry of Finance each year still cannot reach Rp1 trillion. Therefore, he targets this year to be able to receive dividend payments of Rp. 1 trillion.

"I want it to reach IDR 1 trillion in 2021, but we say dividends are not the main target for holding SOEs or institutions under the Ministry of Finance," he said.

Meirijal said that SOEs and institutions under the Ministry of Finance are not only seen from the amount of dividend and tax payments, but also other impacts that can be given to the community and are able to become accelerators for economic growth.

"The government in managing this BUMN does not only look at how much dividends are paid, but also how big the impact on the economy," he said.

In addition, Meirijal said that this contribution to state revenue is the result of investments made by the government permanently to BUMN/institutions under the Ministry of Finance.

Based on the LKPP 2020 that has been audited, the permanent investment made by the government is IDR 3,031 trillion. Of the total value given in the form of a statement of state capital (PMN) of IDR 82.1 trillion.

"This amount is not only the PMN paid by the government, but also the accumulation of investment developments such as retained earnings and profit reserves so that this is total equity," he explained.