JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo considers it natural for people to count 3 percent of employee salary for Public Housing Savings (Tapera).

"Yes, everything is calculated. It's normal in the new policy, people must also calculate, be able or unable, be heavy or not bad," said Joko Widodo after attending the Inauguration event Towards Future Ansor at Istora Senayan, Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, reported by ANTARA, Monday, May 27.

The President said that the policy regarding Tapera was the same when the policy of Recipients of Contribution Assistance (PBI) of the Health Insurance Administration Agency (BPJS) was also widely discussed by the public. "As before, BPJS, outside of the PBI, 96 million free ones are also crowded. But after walking, I think it will benefit the hospital is free of charge. Things like that will be felt after running. If it's not usually pros and cons," said Jokowi.

For information, the government through Government Regulation (PP) of the Republic of Indonesia Number 21 of 2024 concerning Amendments to Government Regulation Number 25 of 2020 concerning the Implementation of Public Housing Savings, regulates the amount of Contributions for Participants of Public Housing Savings Workers (Tapera) from SOEs, Village-Owned Enterprises to private companies.

In Article 15 paragraph 1 of the PP, it is stated that the amount of the Participants' Deposit is set at 3 percent of the Salaries or Wages for Workers and Income Participants for Independent Workers Participants. Meanwhile, in paragraph 2, the amount of Participants' Deposit as referred to in paragraph (1) for Workers' Participants is borne together by Employers of 0.5 percent and Workers of 2.5 percent.

Meanwhile, the amount of Tapera Contributions for Workers Participants from ASN according to Article 15 paragraph 4b is workers who receive Salaries or Wages sourced from the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget and Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budgets regulated by ministers who organize government affairs in the financial sector (Menkeu) by coordinating with ministers who organize government affairs in the use of state apparatus (Menpan RB).


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