President says Potential of Tax Amnesty Participants Still High
26 November 2016 08:28 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) claimed that the potential number of Tax Amnesty participants phase II ended on December 31 is remains high.
"That’s why we will make another attempt since we have got the number of potential participants, which is still very high," Jokowi said after Tax Amnesty socialization program in Makassar (25/11).
Presiden mentioned that the govt will keep socializing Tax Amnesty program. "I will pay a visit to provinces, even sub-districts if it’s needed to reach out to them," he added.
President stated the number of the program’s participants has not even reached 10 percent out of the total number of eligible taxpayers of the program.
"It’s not even 10 percent, not even 5 percent, very few participants have made use of the program. We have to be optimistic that taxpayers have the awareness to pay their taxes," he said.
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