Jakarta Governor, Anies Baswedan, became the keynote speaker in the national seminar on taxation titled tax management as the main pillar of APBN in Realizing Sustainability Development (Good Governance in Taxation), at Grand Cempaka Hotel, Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta.

"The instrument tax is important to encourage development, in line with its goal of alleviating poverty and achieving food security," he expressed, Saturday (5/5).

According to him, city's tax revenue has exceeded the target. One of the ways to get the target is by revising some policies on taxation.

In the meantime, STIAMI Institute Postgraduate Director, Taufan Maulanin stated the seminar also presents economic and taxation experts and attended by 500 students of post-graduate STIAMI.