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KETAPANG – Tuesday (30/08/2022). The Director of Politap served as a local expert/observer in the Media Briefing on Central and Regional Financial Performance for Ketapang and North Kayong Regencies held at the KPPN Ketapang Hall. This event was part of the Kemenkeu Satu program aimed at providing public information regarding the implementation performance of central and regional budgets as well as development outcomes.
Present as speakers were the Head of the Ketapang Regency State Treasury Service Office (KPPN), the Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic), the Head of the Ketapang Regency Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD), the Head of the North Kayong Regency Regional Financial Agency (BKD), the Head of the Ketapang Pratama Tax Service Office (KPP), the Head of the Ketapang Medium Customs and Excise Supervision and Service Office (KPPBC TMP C), the Head of the Ketapang Regency Central Statistics Agency (BPS), and the Head of the North Kayong Regency Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The event was also attended by leaders of banking institutions in Ketapang and regional apparatus organizations (OPD) within the Ketapang Regional Government, and journalists from various media outlets in Ketapang were also invited.
The Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, Endang Kusmana, as a local expert/observer, delivered an overview of revenues and expenditures, as well as financial performance challenges and solutions. In his presentation, Endang discussed current challenges, specifically limited Customs and Excise revenue sources, regulatory policies (such as the Voluntary Disclosure Program or PPS) affecting tax revenues in 2022, and the suboptimal multiplier effect of capital expenditure due to low absorption rates.
Endang added that proposed solutions include formulating new regulatory policies to boost tax revenues, accelerating capital expenditure to drive economic growth, encouraging MSMEs to join the state budget (APBN) ecosystem, enhancing the role of the Triple Helix for collaboration on green roads and bauxite tailings, addressing global policies and challenges, and improving education on tax and customs awareness alongside developing the potential of local own-source revenue (PAD).
According to Endang, Media Briefing activities like this are highly beneficial in improving the performance accountability of the APBN in Ketapang Regency and North Kayong Regency. Currently, the Ministry of Finance, BPKAD of Ketapang Regency, BKD of North Kayong Regency, and BPS continue to work in synergy to produce updated data that will benefit policymakers, banking institutions, researchers, investors, the media, the public, and various other stakeholders. (Finan Su)