SBY, ministers submit tax forms

JAKARTA. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other top officials submitted their tax forms (SPT) at drop boxes at the Finance Ministry in Jakarta on Monday.

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said in a speech that good progress in bureaucratic reform had been made at the Tax Directorate in the past several years.

"That achievement is reflected through a public survey conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission [KPK]. We got 7.65 out of 10, above the minimum standard set by the commission of 6," he said.

Agus said the Tax Directorate was committed to increasing the state’s revenue from taxes. In 2011, the tax receipts were Rp 872.6 trillion (US$95.11 billion), or 99.3 percent of the government’s target.

This year, the directorate is aiming to boost its collected taxes to Rp 1,032 trillion, or 78 percent of the nation's total revenues. (Rangga D. Fadillah/ The Jakarta Post)