An Analysis of the Implementation of Parking Management Policies in Increasing the Regional Income of Makassar City

Abstract

Theobjectives of this research are: (1) to analyze the growth of both two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehiclesover the last 5 years (2007-2011); (2) to analyze the target and realization of both parking tax andretribution revenue in Makassar city; and (3) to analyze the contribution of parking tax andretribution revenue towards the regional income.The main focus of this research is performance of parking tax andretribution revenue relate with local revenue of Makassar. The contribution of parking retribution towards the regional income over the last 5 years (2007-2011) was relatively insignificant at average of 0.50 %. Thecontribution of parking tax towards the regional income over the last 5 years had shown higher number at average of 1.26 %. The higher contribution of the parking tax than the retribution was due to the taxation was leviedmonthly or annually, and the object of parking tax was focused on companies, not individual contributor, so it ran with less of irregularities. The main constraints in implementing the policies of parking management in Makassar city are found on: (1) management (2) skill of human resource in mapping out the target, and (3) inaccurate data/information of retribution object.