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Mimpi, This ground has been covered before in an earlier post but I have been through the car ownership thing myself. I assume that you will be using a Company or a Nominee for ownership? Bottom line is that a foreigner cannot own a car in Indonesia, even with a KITAS. I don't even have a KITAS...

Referred back to your quote which was " Car Ownership" ? Thanks for the help. You do seem to be very cynical about something? I guess that, using the Moniker "Markit" you are, like me an I-Banker (ABX BBB-?!!) No, I don't think the actions of my husband and I are going to change the world. But...

Thanks Bert, I don't have any residential status here. I have beachfront property in Ketewel which I paid for and donated back to the local community (That's a long story but, essentially, I wanted Bali to remain the property of the Balinese, although there are some on this website who don't...

Just got back from a long period away in Montreal, NY and HKG and finally decided to but a car (Actually an SUV). But i have been told that a foreigner cannot actually own a car in Indonesia. Is this correct? If so, why would this be? Why would any Government regulation wish to restrict the...

Alan's rantings are as usual incorrect and largely off topic. One would have assumed an ex-Moderator would know better? The only issue of relevance regarding the KK, although this was beyond the relevance and therefore scope of my research, is I suspect correct. An Indonesian woman married...

This is a classic case of a clever lawyer (Or a lawyer who thinks he is clever?) trying to find a away around the law. As any good lawyer will tell you, a contract is subservient to a higher statute, which includes both PP and UU. I am even aware of several couples who have actually gone through...

I was actually not responding to the obfuscation and digression but to attempt to respond to the original question posted. To repeat, without a pre-nuptial agreement entered into before marriage, it is not legal for an Indonesian woman married to a foreigner to hold land with Hak Milik title for...

I think this thread is getting a little too emotional and digressing from the subject. I am an Investment Banker and imeediately confess not to be a legal expert but, as a professional, before I committed to a holiday home in Bali, I did do a lot of research and would like to contribute what I...

I did a lot of research on this before leasing (No tax consequence for the Lessee). From my notes at that time, the only tax which is inherent in the Sale and Purchase process is the 5% sales tax for each of the buyer and seller. However, they even got that wrong because the 5% is levied not on...

1. Nameholder. Here we go again. Indonesian law does not recognise beneficial land ownership rights. Especially if a Kuasa Mutlak has been used as part of the structure, expect problems. 2. A BUSINESS in Indonesia may be operated as a PT, CV or UP. In all cases it must have a license for the...

Re: RE: Query on renting out houses for investment in Bali. Alan is, I know from previous exchanges, truly omnipotent and right about everything. But it seems to me to be totally irresponsible not to observe that, according to many of my friends over in Badung, that there is a MAJOR...

I just came in from Hong Kong and don't normally bring any duty-free items. However, because of the recent unavailability in Bali, I decided to bring a couple bottles with me. Specifically, a bottle of Campari and a bottle of white wine which I purchased at CLK. Upon arrival at DPS I had a huge...

Re: RE: Property Ownership Indonesia Yes that is all correct. However, as I understand things, under present Indonesian law, the bottom line is that foreigners can only control land for 25 years and not own it. I do like Bali and so I have accepted this. I think it would be incorrect to look...

Re: RE: Property Ownership Indonesia Exactly. The original Nominee/ "Name-giver" structure was built on a false pretence. In 1982 a Ministerial Decree from the Minister of Home Affairs (And you do have total confidence in Ministerial Decrees it would seem) designed in part to prevent such...

Re: RE: Property Ownership Indonesia I gave it to the Banjar for a social project after "Buying" the land for my temporary use thereof. Bamkers aren't all evil. Lawyers?

Re: RE: Property Ownership Indonesia Yes but a Hak Pakai certificate can only be issued for 25 years and must then be extended at BPN (The land office). Under the current most fashionable structure for "Hak Pakai atas Hak Milik" you will get a cetificate in your name for 25 years, a "Hak...

Re: RE: Property Ownership Indonesia I think that would be inappropriate and would detract from the debate at this time. Let's stick with the issues?

Re: RE: Property Ownership Indonesia No concerns at all because I did not try to circumvent Indonesian law, the letter and spirit of which is that foreigners should not control land for more than 25 years. At the ned of the day you pays your maoney and you takes your choice but, like I said...

Re: RE: Property Ownership Indonesia Investment Banker in Hong Kong. It pays the Bali bills and the CX season ticket! Regarding the land certificate, I'm sorry if the point I was making was too obtuse. Under any "Nominee" structure, the NAME in the land certificate is the Indonesian...

Re: RE: Property Ownership Indonesia DCC, just to get the debate going, and playing the devil's advocate as it were, the problem with Hak pakai atas Hak Milik structure is that, like so many of these attempts to circumvent Indonesian law, it trys to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Why...