Refleksi : Berdasarkan falsafah minta-minta, Presiden NKRI, SBY meminta perusahaan membagi untung kepada pegawai. Hal ini dikemukan sewaktu berkunjung ke perakitan mobil Toyota di Tangeran pada tgl 1 Mei, 2010.
Australia yang tidak berfalsafah minta-minta seperti presiden NKRI memajak 40% pada keuntungan perusahaan tambang. Mungkin kalau pajak sebesar 40% ini dikenakan di NKRI maka para penguasa rezim akan bersendiwara menanggis tersedu-sedu dan dengan sedih akan mereka menyatakan bahwa perbuatan demikian menghambat investasi modal dalam negeri maupun asing. Di balik pernyataan berkesedihan ini adalah tidak lain kekuatiran mereka bahwa uang kopi yang biasa mereka terima akan berkurang atau juga menghilang samasekali. http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/australian-mining-industry-faces-40-tax-on-profits/372678 May 02, 2010 Australian Mining Industry Faces 40% Tax on Profits Canberra. Australia will heavily tax the booming profits of its mining companies under a revenue system overhaul proposed on Sunday that will invest in infrastructure to support mining and reduce corporate taxes. The new 40 percent tax on resource profits targets industries that have grown rapidly as they have produced the raw materials feeding burgeoning Chinese and Indian manufacturing demand. Mining royalties currently paid to Australian state governments do not reflect rising commodity prices. The government says mining profits rose by 80 billion Australian dollars ($74 billion) in the past decade, yet government revenues from resources increased by only 9 billion Australian dollars. The government will introduce the so-called Resource Super Profits Tax in July 2012. The company tax rate will be cut from 30 percent to 29 percent in July 2013 and then to 28 percent. The government forecasts that the cut in company tax, combined with the mining tax, will increase Australia's gross domestic product by 0.7 percent a year. "These changes will not be welcomed by every business or every interest group, but they are the considered, responsible changes we need if we are to turn our success during the global recession into enduring gains for our economy, our people and our nation," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said. Treasurer Wayne Swan could not say whether tax legislation would be introduced to Parliament before national elections were held later this year. The legislation would need the support of some opposition senators to pass the upper house, where Rudd's Labor Party government has a minority of seats. The main opposition Liberal Party said the tax would cost mining companies 9 billion Australian dollars a year and devalue blue chip shares in global giants like BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. "If you're determined to kill the mining boom stone dead, who could hardly have more precisely calculated a measure to achieve it," opposition leader Tony Abbott said. The mining boom, he added, is the main reason Australia has avoided recession during the global financial crisis. Mitch Hooke, chief executive of the Minerals Council of Australia, which represents mining companies, warned that mining investment could stall or shift to other countries. Australia already has the highest-taxed mining industry in the world, he said. "There is real risk that many of these taxation gains that the government is banking on may prove illusory if the secondary round impacts are a deterrent to investment," Hooke said. Under the tax overhaul, resource-rich states would continue to reap mining royalties, but the federal government would refund those costs to mining companies before calculating their federal tax debt. The tax would be levied on profits after all the costs of mining operations, capital investment and dividends to shareholders were deducted. Marginally viable mining companies would potentially be better off in cases where the costs of extracting minerals barely covered royalty charges because of a price downturn or when the ore deposit was almost exhausted. About 5.6 billion Australian dollars of the mining tax revenue will be spent over a decade on public infrastructure critical to the industry such as ports, rail and roads. Also as part of the tax overhaul, the government would increase the proportion of salaries workers must save for their retirement from 9 percent to 12 percent by 2020. Associated Press
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