Government aims to collect Rp42.8 trillion in dividend from 118 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in 2018. Government also expects SOEs to book Rp158.8 trillion net profit this year. Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati described that the dividend payment must be generated from healthy State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). In term of its tax contribution, the SOEs have contributed Rp149 trillion in 2013, projected to rise to Rp203 trillion in 2015-2016. As for dividends, SOEs paid out Rp34 trillion in 2013, rising to Rp40 trillion in 2015-2016.
