Minister Of Home Affairs Tito Instructs Regional Heads To Proactively Report Tax Returns

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian/PHOTO via ANTARA

JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian has instructed regional heads, both governors, regents, and mayors to proactively report annual tax returns (SPT) on time.

"Immediately report the annual SPT at the tax office in their respective regions or use the e-Filing system before March 31, 2022," said Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian after reporting the annual SPT in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, March 9.

The Minister of Home Affairs also appealed to other regional government ranks, including the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD), heads of services, to ranks at the sub-district, sub-district and village levels.

This step, said the Minister of Home Affairs, would encourage the public to report their annual tax returns on time. Because, he continued, what was done by the regional head would be imitated by the community.

"This is a big snowball, we automatically hope that our obligations as citizens have been carried out, we are also legally safe, and then our country will get additional income," he said.

The Minister of Home Affairs explained that the income will also be transferred to the regional government. In detail, according to the Minister of Home Affairs, this is part of the regional revenue and expenditure budget (APBD) from the transfer mechanism to the regions and village funds (TKDD).

According to the Minister of Home Affairs, Tito Karnavian, one of the TKDD funds comes from taxes. "So the more (tax revenue), hopefully the transfer will also be bigger to the regions," he said.

Therefore, the Minister of Home Affairs again invited the regional government and the ranks of the regional apparatus including the state civil apparatus (ASN) to immediately report the tax return on time.

The Minister of Home Affairs said that regional governments, especially regional heads who are late in reporting their tax returns on time will be subject to sanctions in accordance with the existing regulations in taxation.

This is inseparable from the role of the Ministry of Home Affairs as stated in Law I Number 23 of 2014 concerning regional government. According to him, in the regulation, the Ministry of Home Affairs acts as a supervisor and supervisor of the running of regional government.

"There are sanctions according to the rules of the law. But we also from the Ministry of Home Affairs will of course also see which regional heads are law-abiding and which are not. Because based on Law 23/2014, the Ministry of Home Affairs can also impose sanctions according to the rules, including warnings, " he said.