Tax payments easier with electronic system: Ahok



JAKARTA. The Jakarta administration has simplified tax payments through an electronic taxation system (e-tax), launched on Wednesday to mark the city’s 489th anniversary.

“It also aims to encourage more people to meet their obligations. Previously, it could take people a long time to pay their taxes, which prompted them to ask for a middleman’s help. But not now,” Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama said at City Hall.

With e-tax, the administration also aims to reduce direct contact between taxpayers and tax officers to eliminate the chance of illegal dealings in the payment of property taxes, for instance. The system will also reduce the use of cash, thereby making payments more transparent.


“If we can make a simple tax payment system and arrange tax amounts that are not burdensome to the payers, our economic condition will improve,” Ahok said. (Callistasia Anggun Wijaya)

Editor: Dupla Kartini