Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati officially inaugurated Bimo Wijayanto as Director General (Dirjen) of Taxes.
Meanwhile, Suryo Utomo was inaugurated as Head of the Financial Technology, Information and Intelligence Agency.
As for the inauguration, Sri Mulyani also gave a message to Suryo Utomo so that he could be steadfast and accept this change.
"Mr. Suryo Utomo, maybe many of his eyes look at Pak Suryo more, yes sir, yes, sir," he said at the Inauguration of Echelon I Officials of the Ministry of Finance, Friday, May 23.
Meanwhile, Sri Mulyani also advised Bimo Wijayanto to clean up problems at the Directorate General of Taxes, such as fixing the coretax.
Sri Mulyani emphasized that state revenue is the backbone of the sustainability of a country. However, state revenue is also one of the main challenges that must be faced.
"The Ministry of Finance as the manager of state revenue duties must be able to answer the increase in the tax ratio, improvement in the coretax system which needs to be ensured to be able to make it easier for taxpayers to provide easy services, relays from the system," he said.
Sri Mulyani also asked Bimo to increase the compliance of taxpayers because there are still many taxpayers who have not carried out their obligations.
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"The public wants tax revenues to increase, but the public and the business world are very reluctant to pay taxes. This is a counter-district that must continue to be managed, every rupiah we collect is not only a state revenue, but he is able to answer structural challenges," he explained.
He hopes that Bimo can increase state revenue by establishing close cooperation with the new Director General of Customs and Excise, Djaka Budi Utama.
"I hope that for Pak Bimo, Pak Djaka and all expert staff in the field of state revenues and non-tax state revenues can work closely together," he said.
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