DDTC Donates Tax Books, Expanding Literature Access in Asia-Pacific
HONG KONG, DDTCNews – DDTC continues to expand access to Indonesian tax literature at the international level. As part of its agenda in Hong Kong, four DDTC professionals presented a number of tax publications to Principal Analyst at Legal Benchmarking Group (LBG), Charlie Wong.
The four DDTC professionals are DDTC Consulting Partner Yusuf Wangko Ngantung, DDTC Consulting Tax Director Cindy Kikhonia Febby, DDTC Consulting Senior Manager Khisi Armaya Dhora and DDTC Corporate Communication Lead Idznila Shabrina.
On this occasion, the DDTC professionals presented three publications, comprising DDTC Indonesian Tax Manual 2025: Embarking on the Era of Coretax and Global Minimum Tax, DDTC Indonesian Transfer Pricing Manual and The Consolidation in a Single Text of the General Provisions & Tax Procedures, Income Tax and Value Added Tax Law Pursuant to Law 6/2023 with Adjustments to the Criminal Provisions under the GPTP Law Pursuant to Law 1/2026.
The three publications cover various important aspects of the Indonesian tax system. Topics addressed include tax administration via coretax, the global minimum tax, transfer pricing, and the consolidation of statutory provisions in the field of taxation.
Through these publications, DDTC seeks to provide English-language references that can assist international readers in understanding the Indonesian tax landscape more comprehensively. The literature is also expected to serve as a reference for international researchers, academics and professionals requiring information on Indonesia for the purposes of comparative study and benchmarking.
DDTC Founder, Darussalam, stated that the effort to introduce Indonesian tax publications to the international community forms part of DDTC's contribution to bridging information on the development of the national tax system with the global tax community.
“When Indonesia becomes part of research into the development of the tax industry at the regional level, the availability of references which can provide a comprehensive picture of developments in its tax system is key. We hope that DDTC's publications can help fulfil that need and bring the Indonesian perspective to greater recognition within the international community,” said Darussalam.
The presentation of the publications forms part of DDTC's efforts to introduce developments in the Indonesian tax system and tax policy to the international professional community. In particular, these publications are expected to serve as a reference for parties conducting research and mapping the development of the professional services industry in the Asia-Pacific region.
Charlie Wong joined LBG as a senior research analyst in April 2023. In his role, she is involved in research activities for a number of directories, including World Tax and IP Stars. These activities encompass market research into legal and professional services in Asia-Pacific, interviews with practitioners across various jurisdictions and analysis of the work and services provided by those practitioners.
This role is relevant to developments in the international tax industry. LBG is an institution providing research, rankings, information and awards for professional firms across various fields, including taxation. Within its portfolio, LBG oversees a number of publication and directory brands, such as International Tax Review (ITR), IFLR, Managing IP and Benchmark Litigation.
In conducting its research, LBG gathers information through various methods. This process includes, among others, receiving written submissions from professional firms, interviews with partners, direct research with client service users and monitoring the movement of professionals across each country.
More broadly, LBG maps thousands of firms and tens of thousands of practitioners across more than 260 jurisdictions each year, including Indonesia. Given the scope of this research, the availability of adequate information and references on the Indonesian tax system is important to help provide a more comprehensive picture of the national tax services market.
"I am greatly honoured to receive these books from DDTC, who have come all the way from Indonesia. Thank you very much," said Charlie Wong.
The presentation of publications to Charlie Wong also forms part of the series of engagements undertaken by the four DDTC professionals during their time in Hong Kong. Their presence in Hong Kong coincided with the hosting of the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards with ITR, following DDTC's receipt of 6 nominations at the ITR Asia-Pacific Awards 2026.
In addition to engaging with the professional community, the DDTC delegation also carried out an academic agenda through a visit to the Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong (HKU). On that occasion, DDTC also presented a number of Indonesian tax publications to Professor Wilson Chow, an academic in tax law and policy at HKU Law and a researcher at the Taxation Law Research Programme (TLRP) within the Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL) at HKU.
Through this series of activities, DDTC continues to expand its engagement with the international professional and academic community. These efforts are aimed not only at strengthening its global network, but also at broadening access to information and literature on developments in the Indonesian tax system at the international level. (dik)