JAYAPURA - The Papua Provincial Government through the local Regional Revenue Management Agency (Bappenda) strives to maximize the receipt of Regional Original Revenue (PAD) from the retribution in 2025.

The retribution is more specifically produced by the Papua Regional Apparatus Organization (OPD).

"26 Regional Apparatus Organizations earn retribution in the Papua Provincial Government. If we maximize it, we will get more than IDR 130 billion from the 26 Regional Apparatus Organizations," said Head of the Papua Bapenda Hans Hamadi in Jayapura, Wednesday (30/10/2024).

However, Hans continued, that cooperation from Regional Apparatus Organizations is needed to achieve maximum results. Therefore, he hopes that all Regional Apparatus Organizations will work hard to produce Regional Original Revenue.

"We must collaborate with regional financial agencies as the strategy. It means that if the Regional Apparatus Organization does not achieve the retribution target, there will be no additional funds, but this is only a proposal," he said.

Previously, the target for the realization of Papua Regional Original Revenue in 2025 decreased from IDR 659 billion to IDR 247 billion.

This decrease follows a change in the results of the Motor Vehicle Tax (PKB) by 30 percent to a district/city option of 66 percent.

The imposition of a 66 percent option by districts/cities on the main Motor Vehicle Tax is also a consequence of Law Number 1 of 2022 concerning Financial Relations between the Central Government and Regional Governments. The implementation of the provisions of this law will run from January 2025.

For Regional Original Revenue in 2024, Hans admitted that he was optimistic that in the next two months, he could achieve the realization target.

"That's why, today we are together with 8 Samsat discussing obstacles."

"The realization of Papua Regional Original Revenue this year has reached around 80 percent," he said. ***