Indonesia To Proceed With 12% VAT Next Year
Indonesia To Proceed With 12% VAT Next Year
The government has said the VAT hike is needed to improve the structural health of the budget, and a state bank has said it will have only a small impact on growth.
Indonesia will next week confirm it is hiking the value-added tax (VAT) rate to 12 per cent, the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs said late on Tuesday, despite huge public pressure to delay the rise to avoid hurting people's spending power.
印度尼西亞經濟事務協調部長週二晚間表示，下週印度尼西亞將確認將增值稅（VAT）稅率提高至12％，儘管公衆施加了巨大壓力，要求推遲增值稅（VAT）稅率以避免損害人們的消費能力。
By law, the VAT hike to 12 per cent from 11 per cent currently is scheduled to be implemented in January."We will announce it next week," Airlangga Hartarto told reporters.
根據法律，增值稅從目前的11％上調至12％計劃於1月實施。”我們將在下週宣佈，” 艾爾蘭加·哈塔託告訴記者。
Indonesian businesses and unions have called for the legislated increase in the VAT rate to be paused because the economic environment is deteriorating.
由於經濟環境惡化，印度尼西亞企業和工會呼籲暫停立法規定的增值稅稅率上調。
The government has said the VAT hike is needed to improve the structural health of the budget, and a state bank has said it will have only a small impact on growth.
政府表示，需要提高增值稅，以改善預算的結構健康狀況，而一家國家銀行則表示，這隻會對增長產生很小的影響。
Airlangga said the government will also announce fiscal stimulus that will support the country's labour intensive industry, which has been hit by layoffs as global demand growth slows.
Airlangga表示，政府還將宣佈財政刺激措施，以支持該國的勞動密集型行業，隨着全球需求增長放緩，該行業受到裁員的打擊。
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