In Reply to: Foreign Tourists' Tax Break posted by GaryD on Tuesday, 25. August 2009 at 20:48 Bali Time:
How much tax does a typical foreign tourist to Bali pay?
I know there is the 10% on accommodation, but that sort of thing is not typically included in a tax refund scheme (take Australia for example). So what else? Surely not proposing to refund the tax on all the alcohol consumed..
This sounds more like a plan to try to get more tourists to places like Jakarta and Surabaya on shopping trips - sort of like Singapore or Hong Kong.
I sure wouldn't be lining up to get a tax refund on my 10,000 rup t-shirt.