BERITA TERKINI
JAKARTA, DDTCNews – Failed to report assets in Tax Returns (surat pemberitahuan/SPT in Indonesian)? Beware, the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) has supporting data that can serve as a benchmark for assessing taxpayer compliance. The issue emerged as one of the most discussed topics among readers over the past week.
Recently, the DGT acknowledged that it has summoned high-wealth individuals (HWIs) to clarify tax-related data. Director General of Taxes, Bimo Wijayanto, said the DGT possesses data that can underpin compliance benchmarking across taxpayers.
“Taxpayers may assume that we do not have access to such data. Thus, they leave it out of their tax return filing,” stated Bimo.
Deliberate misreporting by HWI taxpayers in completing and filing tax returns is deemed to create a paradox in fiscal policy.
"We can see a paradox there, a paradox where any policy should function as a counterbalance so that social inequality and income disparities can be minimised,” added Bimo.
Individual taxpayers classified as HWIs are administered under a single dedicated tax office (kantor pelayanan pajak/KPP in Indonesian) within the DGT Large Taxpayers Regional Tax Office. The tax office in question refers to the Large Taxpayers Office Four.
Individual taxpayers are designated as taxpayers registered with a large taxpayers office based on several criteria, including business turnover, amount of income, amount of tax payments, nationality, business classification, taxpayer groups or beneficial owners as well as other considerations determined the director general of taxes.
According to the DGT Director of Tax Potential, Compliance and Revenue, Ihsan Priyawibawa, the special tax office manages approximately 1,000 HWI taxpayers.
"We have one office dedicated to managing HWIs in Indonesia, but the number is not substantial, around 1,000," said Ihsan.
Beyond compliance oversight, several other topics also garnered significant attention during the past week, including plans to introduce an excise on packaged sugar-sweetened beverages (minuman berpemanis dalam kemasan/MBDK in Indonesian), weekend openings of tax offices to facilitate coretax activation and the approval of export duty on gold and coal.
The DGT noted that many coal mining companies have yet to remit taxes to the state treasury despite being registered as taxpayers.
The DGT Director of Tax Potential, Compliance and Revenue, Ihsan Priyawibawa, said one of the key challenges in taxing the coal mining sector lies in monitoring the cost structures of industry players.
“The structure of cost of goods sold must be acknowledged as differing from one taxpayer to another,” Ihsan claimed.
Minister of Finance, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, is set to review the tax compliance of parties supporting illegal imports of used clothing in bulk packages.
Purbaya claimed that the parties supporting imports of used clothing have failed to comply with their tax payment obligations. This is evidenced by their tax returns, which consistently show nil status with no tax payments at all.
“We have identified the names of those making noise on social media concerning used clothing. We investigated their tax profiles. It turns out many of them do not pay taxes. I went to see them in person to tell them to pay their taxes,” he remarked.
Minister of Finance Purbaya said the government remains open to introducing an excise on packaged sugar-sweetened beverages (minuman berpemanis dalam kemasan/MBDK in Indonesian) starting in the second half of 2026.
According to him, the MBDK excise levy could be implemented in the latter half of next year if Indonesia’s economy grows above 6%. However, if the target is not achieved, the minister of finance will refrain from introducing the new levy.
“If your prayers work and help me succeed, we will impose [the MBDK excise] in the second half, implying that the economy grows above 6%," he said.
House of Representatives Commission XI has approved the government’s plan to impose export duty on gold and coal.
Commission XI Chairperson, Mukhamad Misbakhun, claimed the export duty on the two commodities aims to optimise state revenues and support government efforts to curb the budget deficit.
Nevertheless, he stressed that the export duty policy must be accompanied by key performance indicators (KPIs) that promote added value. “This will strengthen state revenues and ensure the sustainability of domestic supply,” Misbakhun said. (sap)
Cek berita dan artikel yang lain di Google News.
