Jakarta, Sept. 22 -- Minister of Finance (Menkeu), Sri Mulyani Indrawati, said she expects the improvement in economic performance, witnessed since August, 2020, to bolster tax revenues, which have contracted amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We will see (the situation) as a whole, because community activities and mobility have begun to increase," Sri Mulyani said at a press conference on the development of the State Budget in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Sri Mulyani said the economic slowdown and the provision of fiscal incentives put pressure on all types of tax revenues during the January-August period this year.

This was evident in the sluggish Corporate Income Tax (PPh) revenue, which was also affected by the incentive to reduce installments an...