DJPb Sultra Urges Local Governments To Accelerate THR Payments

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Regional Office of the Directorate General of Treasury (DJPb) for the Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) Region is encouraging local (city/district) governments to accelerate the payment of Holiday Allowances (THR) for employees within the local government.

"Yesterday, on April 20, payments for vertical agencies were started, followed by regional governments," said Head of the Budget Implementation Development (PPA) II Regional Office of the Southeast Sulawesi DJPb Eko Wahyu Budi Utomo in Kendari, quoted from Antara, Saturday, April 23.

He admitted that his party had accelerated the distribution of employee spending, especially the payment of THR. Specifically for work units of ministries and institutions at the center, payments have been made through KPPN and have reached 100 percent.

According to him, there is a delay in the payment of THR in regencies/cities, because the local government must make a regional head regulation to ensure the basis for payment of THR and salaries of the 13 employees.

"However, we at the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Treasury will continue to monitor every day how the development of THR spending is in accordance with the President's mandate and is expected to be paid before Lebaran," he said.

In encouraging the acceleration of the payment of THR and the 13th salary in regional governments, he admitted that he had coordinated with the Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD) throughout Southeast Sulawesi to ensure the development of the distribution.

"We believe it won't take long, because the regional government has made a spending allocation for THR. So, the funds are ready, it's just a technical guideline (technical guideline) for regional head regulations as the basis for payment," he said.