Ministry of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to confirm the number of state-owned enterprise tax arrears worth Rp 7.6 trillion. Yesterday, the Director General of Taxes Tjiptardjo said state tax arrears up to now reached Rp 7.6 trillion.

According to the Secretary of the Ministry of SOEs Said Didu, state-owned enterprise arrears data must be distinguished in several categories. “So the number is not all SOE really owe taxes,” he said today (29.1.2010).

Categories can be distinguished between SOEs that are delinquent taxes, taxes on state-run companies are still in dispute, and tax arrears are yet to be direkonsoliasikan data.

Said claims, there are three companies that actually owe taxes, namely PT Djakarta Lloyd, PT Merpati Nusantara and PT Nusantara XIV Perkebungan. “There was a delinquent, but only three companies,” said Said, who also serves as a commissioner of PT Merpati Nusantara this.

He said, three companies because of tax arrears are still facing financial problems. If the three companies were ordered to pay all arrears, would not be able to. “If asked to pay all, go broke,” he said.

According to him, which is still state-owned companies big tax categorized tunggakannya dispute status. “DG (Directorate General) still thinks that tax disputes are considered delinquent status,” he added.

In addition to the three categories of distinction, who want to offer the solution is to convert debt Said tax. Tax debt could be converted into capital or the state government covered it. “But, later to be discussed first with the House of Representatives (DPR),” he said.

As information, in addition to three companies actually owe, there are some state-owned companies are still in dispute in tax court. They are PT Jamsostek, PT Semen Tonasa, and PT Angkasa Pura.

In addition, there are two companies that still have a tax problem, namely PT Garuda Indonesia and PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk (BNI). According to Said, the two companies entered in the category of data reconciliation for company management claimed not to know there is a problem in the company’s taxes.