Luhut's Subordinates Banks Issues Planned To Increase Motor Vehicle Tax In The Near Future

Vehicle illustration (Photo: Antara)

Spokesperson for the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Jodi Mahardi, opened his voice about the government intending to raise motor vehicle taxes in the near future.

"The Coordinating Minister yesterday did not talk about raising the motorcycle tax in the near future. It was a discourse in a series of efforts to improve air quality in Jabodetabek which had also been discussed at the K/L cross coordination meeting a few days ago," he said in a statement received by VOI, Friday, January 19.

Jodi explained that the proposed motor vehicle tax appeared in the coordination meeting as an effort to provide driving factors to complicate the use of private vehicles and encourage people to use public transportation.

The coordination meeting also discusses incentives, such as discounted tariffs for public transport users.

"So that's what the Coordinating Minister meant. There are no plans to raise taxes related to motorized vehicles in the near future," said Jodi.

He also emphasized that all of this was just a discourse that still had to be studied further, especially regarding the benefits and losses that would arise from the enactment of the regulation.

"The government will certainly be careful in implementing new taxes and ensuring that the impact does not burden the community," concluded Jodi.