[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 36 (Monday, September 9, 1996)]
[Page 1650]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Senate Transmitting the Indonesia-United States Tax 
Convention Protocol

September 4, 1996



To the Senate of the United States:

    I transmit herewith for Senate advice and consent to ratification a 
Protocol, signed at Jakarta July 24, 1996, Amending the Convention 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
Income, with a Related Protocol and Exchange of Notes Signed at Jakarta 
on the 11th Day of July, 1988. Also transmitted for the information of 
the Senate is the report of the Department of State with respect to the 
Protocol.
    This Protocol reduces the rates of tax to be applied to various 
types of income earned by U.S. firms operating in Indonesia.
    I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration 
to this Protocol and give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
September 4, 1996.