Tjiptardjo Appointed Director General of Taxation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appoints Director of Intelligence and Investigation at the Directorate General of Taxation Mochamad Tjiptardjo the new Directorate General of Taxation replacing Darmin Nasution, who has been inaugurated as BI Senior Deputy Governor.
Darmin Nasution is officially the BI Senior Deputy Governor replacing Miranda Goeltom after he was sworn in by Chairperson of the Supreme Court Harifin A. Tumpa in Kusumah Atmadjah room at the Supreme Court building yesterday.
On September 12, 2005, Minister of Finance Jusuf Anwar appointed Tjiptardjo Head of Regional Office of South Sumatra and Bangka Belitung Island Director General of Taxation. Before this post, he served as Head of Regional Office of Southern Sumatra Directorate General of Taxation. After that, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati appointed Tjiptardjo the Director of Intelligence and Investigation at the Directorate General of Taxation on December 29, 2006.
One of the popular cases handled by Tjiptardjo is the alleged IDR1.3 trillion tax embezzlement committed by PT Asian Agri, an oil palm plantation company owned by Sukanto Tanoto under Raja Garuda Mas Group.