The Amount Is Still Small, The DKI Provincial Government Does Not Accept The BBNKB Tax On Electric Vehicles

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan accompanied by a number of his staff (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - The DKI Provincial Government will not receive the transfer of Motor Vehicle Title Fee (BBNKB) tax revenue for electric vehicles. Because, the numbers are still not too many.

Data owned by the DKI Provincial Government, there are 8 private four-wheeled vehicles, 30 public vehicles in the form of taxis, and 669 two-wheeled vehicles.

"Starting in 2020, the activities of buying and selling, exchanging, legacy of electric motorbikes, both four-wheeled and two-wheeled, will be granted tax exemption via name transfer," said Anies at City Hall, Central Jakarta, Thursday, January 23.

This electric vehicle incentive policy is ratified by Governor Regulation Number 3 of 2020 which applies from 2020 to 31 December 2024. After the next five years, this policy will be reviewed again.

For all DKI residents who want to get this tax incentive, they can visit the offices of the motorized vehicle tax collection service units or the Samsat offices in the five administrative areas of DKI Jakarta.

"This policy does not apply to hybrid or semi-electric vehicles. So only motorized vehicles use battery-based electricity 100 percent," said Anies.

Continuing, Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, admitted that DKI would lose potential taxes due to the BBNKB incentive for electric vehicles.

But that's okay, said Syafrin. At least, increasing the use of electric vehicles can reduce the level of air pollution in Jakarta. The reason is, 75 percent of air pollution comes from motorized vehicles.

"We should not look at the amount of tax revenue, but how is Jakarta's efforts to become a sustainable city by encouraging the use of non-fossil, environmentally friendly vehicles," said Syafrin.