Today's Top 3 News: Forbes' List of Indonesia's 10 Richest People in 2024
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15 May 2024 18:00 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top three news on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Here are the highlights: Forbes' List of Indonesia's 10 Richest People in 2024, 9 Countries that Reject Palestine's Bid for Full UN Membership, and 10 Countries with Highest Rates of Personal Income Tax, Including Australia.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. Forbes' List of Indonesia's 10 Richest People in 2024
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Forbes regularly updates its Real-Time Billionaires ranking page, which features a comprehensive list of the world’s wealthiest individuals, including prominent Indonesian conglomerates. As of May 2024, the list has not changed much.
Agoes Projosasmito made a debut in the top ten of Indonesia’s wealthiest people, surpassing renowned tycoons such as Chairul Tanjung, Tahir and Family, Lim Hariyanto, and Dewi Kam in terms of net worth. Meanwhile, Djoko Susanto, the owner of the country’s well-known supermarket brands, has been omitted from the list.
2. 9 Countries that Reject Palestine's Bid for Full UN Membership
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The UN General Assembly passed a resolution to grant expanded "rights and privileges" to Palestine through a vote on Friday, May 10, 2024. The vote also prompted the Security Council to reconsider recognizing Palestine as the 194th UN member.
A total of 143 countries supported the resolution, nine countries opposed it, and 25 countries abstained.
3. 10 Countries with Highest Rates of Personal Income Tax, Including Australia
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Personal income tax (PPh) is a source of state revenue. Funding from income tax is used to carry out infrastructure development, provide public facilities, and finance other services that are useful for improving people's welfare. Several countries charge very high personal income tax rates to their citizens. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reports that several countries levy personal income tax of more than 40 percent.
PwC analyzed the main PPh rates which are the highest PPh in 150 countries, including additional taxes, but excluding local taxes from May 2023 to May 2024. The top 10 countries with the highest personal PPh are as follows.
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