Jakarta,     - Indonesia's tax receipts in 2009 stood at Rp565.77 trillion, accounting for 97.99 percent of the target set in the revised 2009 state budget, a tax official said.

    "The tax receipts including income tax on oil and gas account for 97.99 percent of the target of Rp577 trillion," Director General of Taxation Mochamad Tjiptardjo said here on Monday.

    Last year's tax receipts fell short of 2008 tax receipts which reached Rp571.10 trillion, he said.

    Tax receipts, exclusive of income tax on oil and gas in 2009 reached Rp515.73 trillion, or 97.61 percent of the target, he said.

    Compared to 2008, the figure grew 4.38 percent, he said.

    The 2009 tax receipts included Rp267.63 trillion from income tax on non-oil/gas commodities, Rp214.35 trillion from luxury sales tax, Rp24.27 trillion from property tax, Rp6.46 trillion from fees on land and building titles, and Rp3.11 trillion from other taxes, he said.

    He said tax receipts from income tax on non-oil/gas commodities accounted for 91.88 percent of the target, luxury sales tax 105.55 percent of the target and property tax 101.71 percent of the target.

    In 2009, the number of registered taxpayers was 15.91 million compared to 10.68 million in 2008, and 7.13 million in 2007, he said.

-Antara, 05 January 2010-