PT Penjaminan Jamkrindo Syariah (JamSyar) paid its corporate zakat around Rp 170 million to BAZNAS. Director of Finance of PT Penjaminan Jamkrindo Syariah, Endang Sriwiharni, explained that zakat has its own regulations to be obeyed. So, PT JamSyar entrusts BAZNAS to manage its zakat fund. In addition, zakat payment to the official zakat institution can be an income deduction to the corporate zakat.

JamSyar distributed its zakat (Rp 170,261,823) which is deducted from 2.5 percent of 2016’s business profit. This amount increased from the zakat in 2015 which was only Rp 168,484,865. “We do not target the zakat amount, we only focus on paying our zakat, which comes from 2.5 percent of our business profit,” said Endang on his visit to mustahik of BAZNAS in Kampung Masjid, Bojong Gede, Bogor Regency, Thursday (6/7).