“Garuda has no tax arrears. We’ve made clarifications to the Office of the Ministry of SOEs on the subject and Garuda are not delinquent taxes,” said Pujobroto, Friday (29/1/2010).

He claimed to be fooled by the news that mentions that the state-owned airline was in the top 100 largest companies in Delinquent taxes last five years.

As is known, the Directorate General of Taxes launch until December 31, 2009 the tax arrears 100 companies reached USD 17.5 trillion, or 33.7 percent of total tax arrears of Rp 52 trillion.

“Garuda has even received an award from the Directorate General of Taxes at the time of receiving the award Garuda Annual Report Award. Not long ago the Tax Office Tangerang Municipality also give credit where Garuda is always to meet tax payment obligations,” he asserted