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Jakarta:Support for this acceleration also comes from the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI).

“This does not fit in with the globalization era,” said PHRI Chairman Yanti Sukamdani, yesterday (23/6).

In South East Asia, Indonesia is the only country that still charges a fiscal exit tax.

“ASEAN has protested because we are limiting trips,” she said.

The Special Tax Committee at the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Directorate General of Taxes have agreed that starting from next year citizens who have tax numbers will not have to pay the fiscal exit tax when traveling overseas.

However the tax will only in fact be officially removed from tax regulations in 2011.

However, this decrease will be covered by an increase in tax revenues as the policy will push people to register for tax numbers.

Indonesian Employers’ Association Chairman Sofjan Wanandi also agreed with the policy, because many Jakarta citizens who do not have tax numbers go overseas.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Chairman M.S. Hidayat also suggested that the end of the fiscal exit tax be accelerated.

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