Politap Tax Center Officially Opened by Head of West Kalimantan Regional Tax Office

On Thursday, 12 August  2021, the Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) Tax Center was officially inaugurated by the Head of the West Kalimantan Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes (DJP), Mr. Ahmad Djamhari. The  inauguration ceremony of the Tax Center was held in a hybrid format, combining in-person and online attendance. The in-person event took place in the Meeting Room of the Politap Integrated Lecture Building and was attended by Politap management, representatives from KPP Pratama Ketapang, Tax Center administrators, and tax volunteers under strict health protocols, while the online session was attended by representatives from the West Kalimantan Regional Tax Office and students participating in the public lecture.

Endang Kusmana, Director of Politap, stated in his opening remarks that Politap, as a government institution, has a duty to support the success of various development programs, including participating in public tax education through education, research, and community service.  According to Endang, in the field of education, the polytechnic is currently actively participating in the tax volunteer program. For the future, preparations are currently underway for the establishment of an applied bachelor's degree study program in tax accounting. In the research domain, Endang hopes that the Tax Center will inspire tax-related studies, and in terms of community service, Politap will utilize the Tax Center to assist all parties with tax education, including new entrepreneurs, MSMEs, alumni, employees, and students.

Meanwhile, the Head of KPP Pratama Ketapang, Edral Yulvan, welcomed the establishment of the Tax Center at Politap, noting that it will enhance the quality of the ongoing partnership between KPP Pratama Ketapang and Politap, and affirmed readiness to support Politap in promoting tax education to the public.

The Head of the West Kalimantan Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes, Mr. Ahmad Djamhari, who inaugurated the Tax Center virtually, expressed his readiness to encourage Politap to enhance the quality of implementing higher education's tridharma. He fully supports the establishment of the Applied Bachelor's Program in Tax Accounting in Ketapang to produce competent graduates, support faculty and student research, and advance community service.

Meanwhile, the Advisor of the Politap Tax Center, Dyah Novia Nugraheni, invited the people of Ketapang to make use of Politap's Tax Center services. The center is currently prepared to provide tax information and consultation services, tax data and publication services, tax research and development services, as well as human resource training and development services.

During the event, awards were also presented by KPP Pratama Ketapang to outstanding tax volunteers from Politap. The inauguration ceremony was followed by a public lecture delivered by the Head of the West Kalimantan Regional Tax Office on the role of taxes in development. The public lecture was met with great enthusiasm by both in-person and online students, as demonstrated by the active engagement of the participants. At the end of the event, awards were presented by the West Kalimantan Regional Tax Office to the most active lecture participants.