Kupastuntas.co, Bandar Lampung - The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the Draft Governor Regulation concerning the provision of motor vehicle tax relief or bleaching proposed by the Provincial Government of Lampung.

Regional Secretary of Lampung Province, Fahrizal Darminto said, according to the agenda, the Lampung Province motor vehicle tax relief or bleaching had been approved.

"The latest facilitation information from the Ministry of Home Affairs was received last Friday. It means that all that remains is to fix it according to the recommendations, after which the Draft Governor Regulation will be signed. Hopefully this April the Transfer Fee for Motorized Vehicles will be removed or 0 percent," said Fahrizal, Sunday (26) /3/23).

Fahrizal revealed, in the write-off of motorized vehicle tax this time there will be several clusters or groups that will be given to taxpayers, one of which is the abolition of Motorized Vehicle Title Transfer Fee (BBNKB) II.

Fahrizal explained, for the permanent elimination of BBNKB, as has been done in 25 provinces in Indonesia, we must wait for the Regional Regulations on Regional Taxes and Levies to be enacted.

"The permanent abolition of BBNKB II is if the Regional Regulations concerning Regional Taxes and Levies for each region have been stipulated, a follow-up to Law Number 1 of 2022. Currently in Lampung the removal of BBNKB II is included in the tax relief regulations we are usually familiar with. bleaching," he explained.

Apriliati, a member of Commission V who is also spokesperson for the Regional Regulation Formation Agency (Bapemperda) of the Lampung Province Regional House of Representatives, explained that the abolition of BBNKB and progressive taxes would provide relief to the public.

The politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle believes that the elimination of the BBNKB will have an impact on increasing the Lampung Provincial Government's own-source revenue (PAD) in the long term.

"This is one way to increase PAD, so it's good that Lampung can work on eliminating BBNKB. And this vehicle tax write-off seems to be able to significantly increase the Lampung Provincial Government's PAD," he said.

However, he reminded that to participate in implementing this policy there must be a Regional Regulation or a Governor's Regulation as the legal umbrella for implementation in the field.

"But it should be regulated in a regional regulation because this is stronger and the coercive power can also be more effective. Later this can only be a proposal from the Lampung Provincial Government, a commission proposal or Bapemperda proposal," he said.

Previously it was reported, the Regional Revenue Agency for Lampung Province noted that as many as 2.36 million four-wheeled and two-wheeled vehicles in Lampung did not pay motor vehicle tax.

The Head of the Regional Revenue Agency for Lampung Province, Adi Erlansyah said, currently in Lampung Province there are around 3,560,000 registered vehicles. However, only 1.2 million vehicles pay taxes, the remaining 2.36 million vehicles do not pay taxes and most of them are two-wheeled.

"We have not set a target for how big it is, because the number of vehicles that are tax-deductible is quite a lot. We hope this tax-dead vehicle can be verified, is it still there or not? Maybe the vehicle is no longer there but it is still registered or the vehicle has been stolen," said Adi, Monday (6/2/2023).

He supports the implementation of Law Number 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation Article 74, that the deletion of vehicle data can be carried out if the vehicle owner does not re-register at least two years after the validity period of the vehicle registration certificate expires.

"There are still many registered vehicles that do not pay taxes because the National Police have never deleted vehicle data. So the vehicle data deletion program is very effective, and data can be obtained that has the potential to be taxed," he said.

The Head of the Lampung Province Village Community Empowerment and Transmigration Office, Zaidirina explained, the Electronic Village Samsat (e-Samdes) program only exists in Lampung Province.

"E-Samdes is only in Lampung. People only need to come to BUMDes to pay vehicle tax, and don't need to go to the main Samsat to pick up their letters. So they just have to wait at home," he said.

Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) who are e-Samdes partners will receive several benefits, one of which is getting 5,000 rupiah per transaction provided by Bank Lampung.

"Most transactions are currently at Indra Mulya BUMDes in East Lampung. The vehicle tax transactions are 1,260 units. We will continue to encourage other BUMDes to increase the number of transactions," he explained. (*)

This news has been published in Kupas Tuntas Daily Newspaper, Monday 27 March 2023 edition with the title "Ministry of Home Affairs Approves the Bleaching of Motor Vehicle Tax in Lampung"