Exit tax freed, less red tape?

from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2008 -- PAGE 6 The 150 percent increase in exit tax fees to Rp 2.5 million (US$210) as of Jan. 1, 2009, Indonesian citizens aged 21 years and older will have to pay each time they fly out of the country-- unless they hold a taxpayer identification number (NPWP) -- has turned out to be a most effective way to net new taxpayers.

Across Indonesia, in the few weeks since the government announced the planned tax measure the number of people registering for taxpayer numbers has increased more than tenfold, with up to 100,000 new applications a day. The tax office may have booked more than 10 million new taxpayers this year …