Good News, Thousands Of Excise Cars In Riau Islands Can Participate In The Revoke-Revoke Free Program

Illustasi surat kendaraan bermotor (ANTARA)

TANJUNGPINANG - The Regional Revenue Agency of the Riau Islands Province (Bapenda Kepri) noted that thousands of used car owners could take advantage of the Motor Vehicle Name Transfer Fee (BBNKB) free program during January 2023.

Head of the Riau Islands Bapenda, Reni Yusneli, said that the owners of used vehicles in Batam City mostly use the free BBNKB program, compared to Tanjungpinang City, Karimun Regency, Bintan Regency, Lingga Regency and Natuna Regency.

"In Batam there are 1,000 used vehicles that have changed their names according to the current name, Tanjungpinang 214 units, Karimun 127 units, Bintan 63 units, Lingga 3 units and Natuna 10 units," Reni told ANTARA, Friday 17 February.

According to him, the program has not been utilized optimally by used vehicle owners in Riau Islands. Even though the program is profitable for used vehicle owners.

The benefits obtained are not spending the money on changing the name of the vehicle, easier selling vehicles, facilitating insurance claims for accidents, and avoiding criminal acts related to the vehicle owned.

The Riau Islands Provincial Government lost revenue from the used vehicle BBNKB. However, the government obtained accurate data on used vehicles that were traded.

In the program, he said, the value of BBNKB against 1,417 used vehicles reached Rp920.9 million units, with details of Batam Rp668.4 million, Tanjungpinang Rp132.3 million, Karimun Rp79.1 million, Bintan Rp32.5 million, Lingga Rp2.2 million, and Natuna Rp6.3 million.

Meanwhile, in 2022, he said, regional revenues sourced from the transfer fee for motorized vehicles amounted to Rp351.5 billion.

"The Riau Islands Provincial Government does not receive BBNKB for used vehicles, but the administration of vehicle taxpayers is getting better. The identity of the vehicle owner is important data in analyzing regional revenues from the vehicle tax sector," he also said.

Reni Yusneli said that the BBNKB exemption program for used vehicles was carried out based on Riau Islands Governor Regulation Number 68 of 2022 dated December 12, 2022. The subject of BBNKB's release of motorized vehicles belonging to private persons, agencies, and government agencies.

"The owners of used vehicles should immediately take advantage of the BBNKB exemption program," he said again.