Antara News, Wednesday, July 21, 2010 21:17 WIB
Ministers and high-ranking officials listen to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (left) while he speaks to officials of the Taxation and Customs and Excise Directorate General and the Finance Ministry at the State Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday. The President instructed officials to stop rampant tax crime and irregularities at the two agencies. Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed disappointment that corruption has continued to happen in the tax, customs and excise directorates general.
"Bluntly I have to express my disappointment because there are still corruption cases in your agencies ...there are still tax officers with extraordinary criminal records, unbelievable," the president said when giving directives to personnel of the Tax Directorate General and the Customs and Excise Directorate General at the State Palace, Wednesday.
He urged the agencies` personnel to carry out self-introspection if there is demoralization and de-motivation among their personnel following the people`s criticisms.
"The source, or main factor which has caused demoralization and demotivation is the attitudes of several personnel have stained the credibility of the Tax Directorate General, in certain cases in the Customs and Excise Directorate General," the head of state said.
He pointed out some examples such as the cases of Gayus Tambunan and Bahasym Asidi in tax fraud cases and a number of tax refund frauds in Surabaya (East Java) and Bandung (West Java).
Yudhoyono said on one hand he was satisfied with the agencies` performance, but on the other hand he was still disappointed.
He was glad the state`s incomes from tax, customs and excise have continued to increase significantly.
"This has been reflected from the state`s incomes since 2005-2009. In the 2004 State Budget, for instance, the total plus deficit was around one percent, meaning less Rp500 trillion. The State Budget 2009 has passed the figure of Rp1,000 trillion, more than double. And we know that around 70 percent are derived from the state income from taxes and customs and excise," he said.
He also expressed his happiness that reform process in the two directorates general has continued.
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