Walau sebenarnya, merupakan konsewksi logis bahwa jika perusahaan merugi, maka dia ngak bayar pajak. Tetapi bagaimana jika kerugian tersebut adalah akibat "kecerobohan" seperti kasus BP di Teluk Mexico?
Terkiat berita dibawah ada beberapa issue yang mungkin bisa berakibat ke Indonesia : - Investasi BP di seluruh dunia pasti akan turun, termasuk di Indonesia - Disampaikan bahwa secara global pembayaran pajak BP akan turun GBP 7 bio,...apa Indonesia terpengaruh ngak ya...maksudnya BP kan juga beroperasi di Indonesia, selain bagi hasil yang memang hak pemerintah, aspek PPH badannya pengaruh ngak....? Belum lagi bicara kasus "serupa tapi tak sama" yakni Lapindo, jangan2 perusahaan terkait menikmati "keuntungan" pajak akibat kasus tersebut... Oka BP Oil Spill to Cost Britain Billions in Lost Taxes Rabu, 14 Juli 2010 | 14:48 WIB http://english.kompas.com/read/2010/07/14/14485540/BP.Oil.Spill.to.Cost.Britain.Billions.in.Lost.Taxes.-5 The Q4000 drilling rig, which operates in the Gulf of Mexico at the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster KOMPAS.com - The Treasury could be one of the biggest losers from the BP oil spill, it emerged today. The company has been one of Britain's biggest taxpayers, forking out an extraordinary £5.8billion to the Exchequer last year. But experts say its global tax bill could be slashed by £7billion over the next four years, including a big chunk which would have been paid in this country. It is a major blow for public finances as the Government struggles to cut the nation's deficit. The drop in BP's tax bill is partly because its profits are expected to slump, resulting in a drop in its corporation tax bill. But also - explained Mike Warburton, of accountants Grant Thornton - 'The clean-up and compensation costs would be an allowable expense which they can offset against their UK tax bill.' After income tax, corporation tax is the biggest revenue-raiser for the Government. But due to the recession the corporation tax collected by the Government last year was £33.3billion, £13billion down on 2007-08. Now, following BP's problems, the total tax take will fall even lower. Irene Himona, an analyst from the bank Exane BNP Paribas, has estimated that BP was due to pay out £24.7billion during the four year period of 2010-13. But, due to the Gulf of Mexico disaster, she predicts this will drop to £17.7billion, a fall of £7billion. Yesterday a BP spokesman admitted: 'The billions of dollars we are spending on responding to the Gulf of Mexico spill will clearly have a major negative impact on BP's profits, and so of course they will affect the taxes we pay.' Engineers were hopeful last night that after nearly three months they might finally be on the brink of stopping the leak. They were waiting to see if a new, tight- fitting cap was strong enough. Underwater robots successfully lowered it over the well on Monday night. Kent Wells, a senior BP vice president, warned that it may take up to 48 hours before pressure tests would tell for certain if the plug would hold.
