Has the Palm Oil Industry Failed to Prosper the People?
Akhmad Safik (a), Sadino (b)

University Al-Azhar Indonesia

Abstract

The large potential of oil palm plantations has not maximized the people^s welfare, this is suspected because the state revenue has not been optimal in collecting taxes and non-taxes on palm oil industry products and their derivatives. Less than fifty percent of the contribution of palm oil in the tax sector, besides that the many overlapping and bribery cases in the oil palm plantation industry have worsened the governance of oil palm plantations. The problem in this research is how our efforts are to increase the optimization of tax collections and improve the governance of the oil palm plantation industry. The research method uses a form of normative juridical research that examines laws and regulations related to plantations and forestry while the approach used is analytical descriptive which utilizes primary and secondary legal sources from which conclusions can then be drawn. The research results show that the government is obliged to implement regulations that can improve optimization and also increase tax collections through synchronization and system integration in institutions related to the palm oil industry.

Keywords: Palm Oil Industry- Optimization- Tax levy

Topic: Law and Ethics in Terms of Islamic Perspective