Riffrag Business & Finance Report

The government recorded a budget surplus amounting to Rp60, 3 trillion until June 15, 2010, as compared with the same period last year which only amounted to Rp11, 7 trillion.

However, precisely due to the amount of the surplus is still a lack of absorption of government spending particularly in the Ministries and Institutions (K / L). The realization of state revenue until June 15, 2010 amounted to Rp386, 7 billion or 39 percent.

State revenue is divided into domestic revenue, namely tax revenue amounting to Rp300, 5 trillion, or 40.4 percent of which consists of domestic tax components of Rp290, 4 trillion, or 40.3 percent, and international trade taxes to Rp40, 1 trillion, or 44.9 percent.

Meanwhile, state revenues amounted to Rp85, 9 trillion, or 34.7 percent, and grants Rp167, three billion or 8.8 percent.

Actual expenditure up to the same period was recorded Rp326, new 3 trillion or 28.9 percent of central government expenditure amounted to Rp198, 7 billion or 25.43 percent, transfers to the regions Rp127, 6 trillion or 37 percent.

The realization of local government expenditures are divided into personnel expenditure amounting to Rp62, 3 trillion, or 38 percent, spending on goods Rp25, 4 trillion or 22.9 per cent and capital expenditure Rp14, 4 trillion, or 16.4 percent.

“We still have budget surplus amounted to Rp60, 3 trillion, so we had a deficit this time,” said Director General of Treasury Herry Purnomo told a news conference at the Office of the Ministry of Finance, Jalan Dr Wahidin, Jakarta, Monday (21/06/2010).

Compared with last year’s budget expenditure in percentage peemrintah indeed smaller. However, in nominal terms is far greater because pagunya even greater.

In the same period in 2009, state revenues from domestic revenue and grants amounted to Rp330, 8 trillion, or 38 percent of which comes from tax revenue amounting to Rp266, 8 trillion, or 40.9 percent, Rp259 domestic taxes, a trillion or 41 percent .

Meanwhile, in last year’s state expenditure until the same period was recorded Rp319 1 trillion or 31.9 percent of the Central Government spending amounted to 200 7 trillion or 29 percent, personnel expenditure Rp52 2 trillion, or 42.8 percent, and purchases goods Rp20, 6 trillion, or 24.2 per cent and capital expenditure of Rp16, 6 trillion, or 22.6 percent, and transfer areas Rp118, 3 trillion, or 38.3 percent.

“Even now the percentage is smaller but larger than nominal,” he said