Rupiah Weakened 13 Points

Jakarta : Kurs rupiah terhadap dolar AS di pasar spot antarbank Jakarta, Kamis pagi turun 13 poin karena pelaku pasar ingin merealisasikan keuntungan, setelah beberapa hari lalu menguat hingga mencapai angka Rp9.100 per dolar.

Aksi lepas rupiah relatif kecil, karena pelaku melihat arus modal asing yang masuk ke pasar domestik makin meningkat, kata Analis Valas PT Bank Himpunan Saudara Tbk, Rully Nova. Nilai tukar rupiah terhadap dolar berada pada posisi Rp9.113-Rp9.123 per dolar dibanding penutupan hari sebelumnya Rp9.100-Rp9.110.

Menurut Rully, rupiah masih berpeluang untuk naik dan koreksi yang terjadi pada sesi ini diperkirakan tidak akan berlanjut. Pelaku pasar agak ragu melepas rupiah, melihat arus dana asing yang masuk terus meningkat, mereka ingin membeli mata uang Indonesia, namun pelaku khawatir apakah Bank Indonesia akan masuk pasar menahan kenaikan lebih lanjut.

Bank Indonesia (BI) juga mempunyai kepentingan terhadap dolar terutama para eksportir, karena produk mereka di pasar ekspor kurang kompetitif, katanya.

Rupiah, kemungkinan akan bisa menembus angka Rp9.000 yang didukung oleh membaiknya kepercayaan investor terhadap pasar domestik. Pelaku asing lebih cenderung melakukan investasi di Asia ketimbang Amerika Serikat yang pertumbuhan ekonominya masih belum pasti begitu pula dengan Eropa.







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Propose the Ministry of Taxes for Aircraft Free Practice

Interactive, Jakarta - The Ministry of Transportation will recommend to the Ministry of Finance to exempt sales tax on luxury goods training aircraft for flight school. "I'll let antarkementerian discussing tax issues for training aircraft," said General of Civil Aviation Direktut Herry Bakti S. Gumay in Jakarta, Friday (19 / 3).

Herry said it would revisit the definition of commercial is meant in the Decree of the Minister of Finance No. 39 of 2003 which refers to Government Regulation No. 145 of 2000. It said the import regulations of aircraft subject to luxury sales tax to 50 percent except for state or commercial purposes.

According to him, trainer aircraft in flight school is not used for private purposes, but for education. So that should not be subject to tax. He has received input from several pilot schools about mind paying taxes for the operation of training aircraft imports. He asked them to submit an official request to the Ministry of Communications which will be forwarded to the Ministry of Finance.

Separately, Head of Education and Training Ministry of Transportation Dedi Darmawan said that, due to the implementation of the luxury tax were two helicopters owned by Aviation High School sealed Indonesia since a month ago. STPI adamant about not going to pay because they feel there is no tax charge in the import helicopter contract clause.

Dedi said there are two alternatives to overcome the problem. First, it will help efforts to luxury goods tax exemption for helicopter training. But if the rules still apply, he will urge immediate helicopter procurement contractors pay luxury goods tax.

He has requested that the contractor had written STPI to immediately resolve the tax so that helicopters could be used. "Taxes contractor business because it was included in the contract," he said.

Flight school administrators complain about the high taxes, making it hard training aircraft procurement of aircraft. Head STPI Curug Dervish Amini said that it should pay taxes is the contractor who brought the plane into the country, not a flight school. Because the contract clause did not mention those who must bear the tax.





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The government budget proposal Rehabilitation Add Forest USD 3 Trillion

Jakarta - The government proposed the additional budget of forest rehabilitation programs and land up to Rp 3 trillion in the Draft Budget of the State of Change 2010. "There will be discussed with the House of Representatives," said Minister of Forestry in the House Zulkifli Hasan Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Jakarta, Friday (19 / 3).

According to Zulkifli, the budget for the program before very little, only Rp 500 billion. Of these funds, the government is only able to plant 500 thousand trees, far from the target of planting 2010 trees as much as 1 billion trees.

To get around this problem, the Ministry of Forestry led some companies to do the tree planting program as part of corporate social responsibility or corporate social responsibility (CSR). Companies that have been invited include PT Aneka Tambang, PT Timah, PT Djarum, and PT HM Sampoerna.

However, Zulkifli insisted the government would not ask for funds from these companies. The government will only mapping areas of critical and offered to be rehabilitated by these companies. "So they planted directly, financed directly, so there is no money to the government," said Zulkifli.

Government through the Ministry of Forestry will continue to oversee the planting, with mechanisms measurable, reportable, and verifiable (MR). "Every six months we will measure, grow or not. We inspect, planted right or not," said Zulkifli.

Maintenance of these trees are also charged to the company's plant. Later, when the company would call the tree planting area with their company name, the government gave permission. "The companies are getting much benefit from the earth earth, conserve natural that participate.







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Need PLN USD 32 Trillion Fund

Sibolga: In a working visit to Sibolga, North Sumatra, recently, the House Energy Commission and State Electricity Company to conduct a survey of the electricity supply before the imposition of an electric base rate increase later in July. The results of the survey asked the government to mention the people wisely so as not to burden people's lives and ask for electricity supply remains safe.

To fix the national electricity system in 2010, PLN still needs Rp 32 trillion. With the additional margin of five percent to eight percent, PLN is expected to be able to finance power projects, transmission and distribution throughout Indonesia. With this step the public can enjoy without being affected by electricity blackouts.






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