Prabowo-Gibran To Optimize Taxes To Finance Free Food Programs

The Debat For The Presidential Candidate Team entitled 'Arah And Face Of The 2024 Indonesian Capital Market', At Grha CIMB Niaga, Jakarta, Thursday (9/11/2023). BETWEEN/HO-Bareksa/Kontan

JAKARTA - The Prabowo-Gibran National Campaign Team (TKN) Expert Board, Panji Irawan, said that the presidential candidate pair (readpres) Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka will optimize state revenues, especially from taxes, to finance free food and milk programs.

"Pak Prabowohas a dream mau gives food and milk to small children, and pregnant women. Of course it takes money, we have calculated it, so indeed the figure can reach maybe hundreds of trillions of rupiah," said Panji in the Presidential Candidate Team Debate entitled Arah and Face of the 2024 Indonesian Capital Market, at Grha CIMBNiaga, Jakarta, reported by ANTARA, Thursday, November 9.

Thus, there is one priority program that the Prabowo-Gibran pair has prepared, namely improving the state revenue system by forming a State Revenue Agency (BPN).

There is still a lot that can be tampered with from the revenue side, not only tax (tax), but also non-tax revenue. So we will think about it there and build BPN and get state revenues that should enter countries that are not yet optimal. On the other hand, of course, it needs intensification and of course we need to increase the tax ratio," said Andi.

In addition, according to him, through new sources of growth, new companies will emerge that can maximize their tax revenue from them.

"So many of us have informal sectors when slowly training can be given and they have entered this formal sector as well as the potential where what was informal became formal can be taxed," said Panji.

Launching from the DraftVisi, Mission and Program, the couple plans a program to provide free lunch and milk at schools and Islamic boarding schools, as well as nutrition assistance for children under five and pregnant women.

The details are by providing daily lunch to preschool students, elementary schools (SD), junior high schools (SMP), high schools (SMA), and Islamic boarding schools.

Meanwhile, nutrition assistance is given to pregnant women and toddlers throughout Indonesia to improve health and help the family's economy. This program targets more than 80 million beneficiaries with 100 percent coverage by 2029.