Requested PNS Scholarship Fund Tax Exempt

National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) protested to the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) for wearing the income tax rate (income tax) to fund scholarships for civil servants (PNS) obtained from the loans and foreign grants (PHLN)."We ask that DGT provides an exception to not collect taxes from scholarships funded by civil servants from PHLN.Therefore, the budget is used by students solely for the purposes of their study abroad, "said Minister of State VAT Paskah Suzetta, in Jakarta, Thursday (3 / 9).The main reason, he said, civil servants from the scholarship fund PHLN not take into account the tax rates imposed government.While civil servants who use the scholarship dollars taking into account the amount of pure tax rates so as not to become obstacles for students receiving the tax rates apply.
Confirmed separately, Director General of Taxes M Tjiptardjo first said it would study the matter in detail the charge related to urbanization, its impact on state revenues, and various other things.

"In the meantime, we have received and see that the proposed National Development Planning Agency. But later we will learn more, "he said.

Vice Chairman of Commission XI DPR Dondokambey Olly said the scholarship fund should not be taxed PHLN.

Moreover, the government budget for education continues to increase and set a 20 per cent of the national budget.

This means, he said, the government wants to increase the education budget in the hope of improving the quality of education in Indonesia to be able to compete internationally.

Moreover, adds Olly, a scholarship fund of the intended PHLN specifically for education should not be taxed as a scholarship that uses pure rupiah.

"If then the government imposes a tax rate for the scholarship, both from domestic and PHLN, then the calculation of any provision PHLN should follow that rate," he said.

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