Ia mengatakan, pemerintah tetap menargetkan peningkatan penerimaan perpajakan tahun 2009 itu meskipun tarif pajak diturunkan dari 30 persen menjadi 28 persen untuk Pajak Penghasilan PPh Badan, dan dari 35 persen menjadi 30 persen untuk PPh Orang Pribadi sesuai UU PPh baru.
The government continued to expect a rise in tax receipts next year despite a cut in income tax rate for bodies to 28 percent from 30 percent and income tax rate for individuals to 30 percent from 35 percent pursuant to the new income tax law, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in his state-of-the-nation address before the House of Representatives DPR here Friday.