FINANCE - OPINION - Toward a tax rebate of ‘zakat’

Muhammad Akhyar Adnan

After being silent for a long time, the issue of zakat (alms) has sparked a heated debate once again. Kompas published two short articles about it on Aug. 27, 2010.

The first was about the efforts of Irfan Syauqi Beik, who represents the Department of Sharia in the Faculty of Islamic Economic Studies at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB), to amend the existing 1999 Zakat Law, so that the zakat paid can be considered as a rebate on an individual’s tax liability.