REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has proposed an increase in the non-taxable income (PTKP) from Rp36 million to Rp56 million per annum to be effective beginning this year.

"We are proposing to raise the annual PTKP from Rp36 million to Rp56 million for unmarried workers," the finance minister noted on Wednesday.

Bambang stated that the PTKP rate for married taxpayers will be adjusted to the number of their children.

The plan to raise the PTKP, which is expected to increase the people's consumption, will be consulted and reported in the first place to the House of Representatives (DPR).