TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tax Director General Ken Dwijugiasteadi said that revenues from the tax amnesty program are not only sourced from the retribution. Ken said taxpayers' arrears are also included in the tax amnesty revenue post.

"The amnesty proceeds are not only from the retribution. People who want to join the tax amnesty program must pay their taxes because unpaid tax is a component of the tax amnesty. The amount of unpaid taxes is still large at almost Rp 57 trillion," Ken said in Jakarta, Tuesday, August 30, 2016.

Meanwhile, Finance Ministry spokesman Lucky Afirman taxpayers will only join the program after the "According to our field officers, many are still calculating," Lucky said.

Lucky is confident that the tax amnesty revenue target will be met. In July, the received retribution amounted to Rp 85 billion. "In the first week of August the figure rose to Rp 378 billion and by the fourth week it reached Rp 1.2 trillion. We believe the peak will be on the second and fourth week of September."

The tax amnesty program started on July 19, 2016, with the government targeting an income of Rp 165 trillion. As of today, August 30, the retribution paid by participants has reached Rp 2.53 trillion.

ANGELINA ANJAR SAWITRI