JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The regulation for relaxation of 0 percent Sales Tax on Luxury Goods (PPnBM) which takes effect from March 2021, more or less affects the selling price used car in the market.
Halomoan Fischer, President Director of Mobil88, said that the drop in the selling price of new cars has certainly made it difficult used car prices so it’s cheaper.
However, not all used cars have decreased. Generally, the cheaper cars are younger cars and have the same specifications as the new output units. According to him, the reduction in used car prices will be temporary.
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“In the early days of implementing this PPnBM policy, there was indeed a slight threat to us used car dealers, that when a new car had a price adjustment,” said Fischer. Kompas.com recently.
“We are in a hurry to hold the stock with the old value. So maybe there could be a slight correction in the price, there could be a little correction in profit. But in three months it will be normal, so later it will increase again. We hope to increase the enthusiasm for used cars as well, “he said.
Fischer said, the PPnBM incentive policy will reduce the price of used cars by 10 to 20 percent.
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For example, the 2019 Toyota Avanza, which in February had the market at Rp. 170 million to Rp. 190 million.
Meanwhile, the current price for the new Avanza is in the range of Rp. 187 million to Rp. 239.35 million. Used car traders certainly have to lower their selling prices so that they don’t get stuck with the new prices.
So don’t be surprised if Avanza 2019 is currently being offered in the range of Rp. 160 million to Rp. 180 million.
This means that used cars at young ages have to go down by at least Rp. 10 million, following the decline in new car prices.
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“The older the car, the decline is getting less. Maybe for 2015-2016 the decline was only Rp. 2 to 3 million, “said Fischer.
He added that the price decline occurred mostly in used cars aged 3-5 years. Because used cars in this segment are the most in demand.
Meanwhile, cars aged 10 years or more will be less affected by the policy tax discount this.
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