Bappenas have tax-free scholarships

Bappenas have tax-free scholarships
The process of criminal investigation can be terminated in tax through the permission of the Minister of Finance and with certain conditions.
National Development Planning Board requested the Director General of Taxation to provide special treatment for the imposition of income tax from the scholarship students (the planner of the K / L and governments) particularly those financed from foreign loans and foreign grants (PHLN).
"We ask that the Directorate General of Taxation to give relief because it's content that fits, so do not take account of tax factors in its composition, especially that of PHLN," said Minister of State VAT Paskah Suzetta when found in the House of Representatives, Wednesday.
For scholarships that use pure dollars, he explained, not really a problem because they take into account the tax scale in budgeting. According to him, the imposition of taxes has led to the nominal reduction in students received scholarships. "So the less well received pocket money or my ass. The amount large enough but I forget the numbers." Easter added the imposition of income tax on the scholarship also cause the low absorption of the budget and the Ministry of National Development Planning Agency / other institutions to obtain PHLN scholarships.
"Hopefully it immediately clear that the budget could be quickly absorbed because it's for the sake of learning," he said. Responding to this problem, the Director General of Taxes Mochamad Tjiptardjo said it would study in detail the complaint from the National Development Planning Agency.
"In the meantime, we have received and see that the proposed National Development Planning Agency. However, later we will learn more," he said briefly.

On the other hand, Vice Chairman of Commission XI DPR Olly Dondokambey rate of PHLN scholarship fund should be exempt from Income Tax.

"PHLN scholarship fund allocated to education should not be taxed as a scholarship that uses pure dollars," he said.

If it requires the imposition of income tax for the scholarship, both from domestic and abroad, the government must enter the tax calculation in PHLN submission.

In PHLN proposal for a scholarship, he continued, the government should include the imposition of income tax to the state or donors can find out that the amount included in the calculation PHLN.

"But if it is not listed, the government also must be realistic for not wearing a scholarship from PHLN tax," he explained.

2010 non-oil tax revenue is targeted Rp611, 22 trillion, while the oil and gas income tax target for Rp30, 882 trillion. Targets, taking into account the potential for lost revenue due to reduction in income tax rates from 28% loss to 25% in 2010.