"The figure represents a 11 percent increase as compared to the same period last year," spokesman of the ministrys Directorate General of Taxation, Chandra Budi, remarked in a press statement released on Monday.
Chandra explained that the Rp893.3 trillion tax revenues comprised Rp407.9 trillion from income tax in the non-oil/non-gas sector, Rp368.4 trillion from value added tax and luxury sales tax, Rp86.8 trillion from income tax in the oil and gas sector, Rp25.1 trillion from land and building tax, and Rp25.1 trillion from other taxes.
"We have put in our best efforts to achieve the tax revenue target in 2013, which include opening counters on December 26, 2013, to serve taxpayers reporting their taxes," he noted.
During the same period last year, tax revenues stood at Rp806.2 trillion, comprising Rp374.8 trillion from income tax in the non-oil/non-gas sector, Rp320.5 trillion from value added tax and luxury sales tax, Rp78.1 trillion from income tax in the oil and gas sector, Rp28.4 trillion from land and building tax, and Rp4.1 trillion from other taxes.
By the first week of January 2014, we will have a clearer picture about the exact amount of tax revenues collected in 2013, he remarked.
By December 24, only income tax from the oil and gas sector, which reached Rp86.8 trillion, exceeded the target of Rp74.2 trillion, while the state revenues from other taxes were still below 90 percent of the set target.
As of December 24, income tax from the non-oil/non-gas sector touched 87.8 percent of the targeted Rp464.4 trillion, while value added tax and luxury sales tax reached 86.9 percent of the targeted Rp423.7 trillion.
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