DGT to Transfer Thousands of Staff, from Tax Instructors to Auditors

JAKARTA, DDTCNews – The Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) is once again restructuring its workforce. This time, the DGT is transferring and inaugurating 1,261 employees into functional positions as set out in Announcement No. PENG-556/PJ/PJ.01/2026.

Referring to the announcement, the DGT is transferring and appointing 1,227 employees into the functional positions of tax auditors, tax appraisers, assistant tax appraisers, tax instructors and assistant tax instructors. Further, 34 employees have been inaugurated as functional state budget financial administrators.

"The inauguration of functional officials will be implemented in person/virtually on: day, date: Thursday, 3 September 2026; time: 09.00 Western Indonesia Time until completion,” reads an excerpt from PENG-556/PJ/PJ.01/2026, cited on Tuesday (1/9/2026).

The inauguration is based on 2 decisions. First, KEP-182/PJ/2026 concerning the Transfer and Appointment to Functional Positions within the DGT. Second, KEP-184/PJ/2026 concerning Re-appointment to Functional Positions within the DGT.

Through the announcement, the DGT also requires employees who are to be inaugurated to take note of 4 matters. First, to complete the employee performance appraisal pursuant to the Minister of Finance Decree No. 127/2026 concerning Performance Management within the Ministry of Finance.

Second, employees are assigned to their former work units from 3 September 2026 to 4 September 2026 in preparation for commencing duties at their new work units. Third, physical attendance at the new work unit commences on 7 September 2026.

Fourth, pursuant to the Director General of Taxes Circular Letter No. SE-33/PJ/2021 concerning Technical Instruction for the Payment of Official Travel Expenses for Job Transfers Charged to the Budget Execution Document (DIPA) of the DGT Head Office, the following is stipulated:

• all Official Travel Order (SPD) implementers are required to update their family data in the SIKKA application via the Local UPK, regardless of whether or not there are any changes, as the basis for calculating travel expenses for job transfers, within a period of 3 business days of the date this announcement is issued;
• if there is any shortfall in the payment of travel expenses for job transfers owing to family members not having been included in the calculation, employees may submit a claim for the shortfall no later than 60 calendar days from the date the travel expenses for job transfers are transferred to the Treasurer of the destination work unit, provided that the accountability documents for the travel expenses for job transfers have been finalised;
• for travel expenses for job transfers that have been paid, the SPD implementers are required to sign the Transfer SPD accountability electronically via the Nadine-TTE External Satu Kemenkeu application integrated with the Financial Information System (Sistem Informasi Keuangan/SIKeu in Indonesian) application, as part of the piloting of the digitalisation of Transfer SPD accountability, the implementation procedures for which will be further disseminated. (rig)