The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of Tourism and Creative Economy Agency Wishnutama Kusubandio
The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of Tourism and Creative Economy Agency Wishnutama Kusubandio. (Photo by Kemenparekraf)

JAKARTA (BPN) – The professionals of tourism and the creative economy are ensured to receive tax incentive after the policy of scope expansion for sectors which receive relaxation and ease amidst the COVID-19 pandemic is implemented, according to a press release the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf).

The Ministry ensures that the expansion scopes for sectors of industries that receive tax incentive in it includes the tourism and creative economy industry. This is also an effort to maintain the sustainability of the tourism industry to keep its pace amid the pandemic.

The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of Tourism and Creative Economy Wishnutama Kusubandio in his statement, Sunday (3/5/2020) said, the government has issued the Minister of Finance Regulation (PMK) Number 44/PMK.03/2020 as an enlargement of the PMK Number 23.

“This PMK regulates the provision of incentives in the form of Income Tax (PPh) 21 subsidies, exemption of Article 22 PPh Imports, and a reduction of Article 25 PPh by 30 percent,” Wishnutama said.

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The policy to expand the scope of the sector is applied to cover the tourism and creative economy industries after they suggested that the government expand the sector that received tax incentives.

“There is an expansion of the industrial sector, including tourism and which includes hospitality, restaurants, travel agents, and other tourism businesses and also the creative economy such as photography, advertising, film, and others,” he continued.

The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy said, this incentive is also a step to mitigate the COVID-19 impacts towards the tourism and creative economy industries as the most affected sector by the outbreak. Moreover, the industries have been waiting for these incentives for some time.

“Therefore, the tourism and creative economy industries are expected to optimize the provided stimulus and relaxation policies so that the continuity of tourism and creative economy industries continue to run amid the pandemic,” he said.

Following President Joko Widodo’s direction, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy will continue to take steps to mitigate other impacts of the COVID-19 in the tourism and creative economy sector.

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“So that when this pandemic is over, the tourism and creative economy sector becomes the first to recover as well as adapt the new normal situation after the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.

 

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