TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Bambang Soesatyo, Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) on Inter-agency Relations, said that Kadin high-ranking officials will join the tax amnesty program on Tuesday, September 27, 2016, led by the Chamber’s Chairman Rosan Perkasa Roeslani.

"We will join the tax amnesty program at the tax office tomorrow. There will be [Kadin’s] chairman, Sandiaga Uno and me as a businessman and member of Kadin," said Bambang, who is also a member of Commission III of the House of Representatives on Monday, September 26, 2016.

Bambang, who is a Functional Group Party politician, said the tax amnesty program is a golden opportunity for business owners to announce their tax liability. “They will only have to pay two percent [of retribution fees], not 20-30 percent,” Bambang said. Bambang added that major taxpayers had been struggling to pay taxes due to economic slowdown.

Earlier, Kadin chairman Rosan Prakarsa Roeslani has urged Kadin members to join the tax amnesty program on September 27, 2016. “We have issued a circular letter, both for Kadin members in Jakarta and in other regions,” Rosan said on Friday, September 23, 2016.

ARKHELAUS W.|CHITRA PARAMAESTI