Officials’ tax returns will be inspected: Mulyani

The Jakarta Post, Mon, 03/29/2010 6:09 PM | National

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said Monday she had ordered tax officials liaising directly with taxpayers to submit their tax returns for inspection, in a bid to counter possible graft.

The tax office, under the auspices of the Finance Ministry, has come under the spotlight recently after a low-level official, Gayus Tambunan, skipped town recently on suspicion of having amassed Rp 24.6 billion (US$2.71 million) in bribes.

“Checking the officials’ tax returns is part of the existing procedure that makes up the bureaucracy reform [within the ministry],” Mulyani said as quoted by kompas.com.

Gayus had previously been acquitted of money laundering and embezzlement charges, but remains a central character in an ongoing tax fraud case.

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