THE ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARD ZAKAT MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION IN PALOPO

This study aims to analyze local government policy on zakat management and its impact. This research is qualitative research, the government policy, the collection and distribution of ZIS into primary data in research. Government policies related to zakat management include: a) Local Regulation (PERDA) number 6 the Year 2006, b) Circular Letter Number: 011/BAZNAS kota-PLP/VI/2017 about the subject of zakat, infak, alms and other religious social funds, c) Circular Letter Number: 23/BAZNAS kota-PLP/VIII/2017 about the determination of amount of zakat income infak funds. Government policy in the form of Local Regulation (PERDA) did not change after it was issued in 2006, and does not accommodate all zakat regulations in the form of Law, Government Regulations, Decree of the Minister of Religious Affairs and Central BAZNAS decision. The optimization of zakat management can be seen from zakat collection and distribution. The data shows the weakness of zakat collection especially zakat mal and zakat income. Zakat mall that collected only amounted to 15,740,000 so that the impact on the weakness of zakat distribution. These data indicate that the policy of Palopo government has no significant impact on the optimization of zakat management.