End of July, Harry Potter Movies Released in Indonesia

Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik ensure Hollywood movies, like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II and Transformers: Dark of the Moon, soon appear in cinemas country in late July 2011.

It is delivered Jero told reporters at the presidential office, Jakarta, Thursday (07/21/2011).
"We have been in the film censorship institution. 'll Be finished," Jero said simply. Jero explains, the film importers still have to pay off tax obligations are pending. The tax, continued Jero, can not be bleached.
Hollywood movies can be returned to Indonesia after the Finance Ministry to give new import licenses to importers, namely Omega Films.

The company was cleared of troubled relations with the three importers. "Omega's already had a customs identification numbers (VIN), so procedurally already be imported.

There are four companies that are being studied to get the VIN," said Director General of Customs and Excise General Kuswandono some time ago in Jakarta. According to the Court, to ensure that the Omega has no affiliation with the United States importer of films that are problematic, it had asked the company to make an official statement indicating the absence of that relationship.

Officers on suspicion of affiliation with an importer Omega troubled film company is the address of
the importer was the same as five other films. The five
companies that were similarly applied the NIK. Nine importers who bring in 250 movie titles into Indonesia in the last two years in arrears of tax and import duty of Rp 30 billion, not including fines.

The amount of arrears will swell because of penalties for late payment could reach 1,000 percent of the principal arrears.

Must pay Separately, Head of Fiscal Policy The Ministry of Finance Bambang Brodjonegoro confirmed, it would not allow importers to supply a Hollywood film again before the entry of customs arrears are paid.

There are two importers are still in arrears. "Importer old still has
a problem because of not paying taxes properly. So, they get the tax court. Yes, finish first in court, can not be bleached with the new regulations," he explained.

Bambang said, his department has imposed a new import tariff since June 16, 2011 film with specific tariffs. Current tariff is Rp 21,450 movies per minute. Of the three importers who must pay the tax, the importers have to comply, namely PT Amero Mitra. However, Amero only import independent films.