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JAKARTA, Jitu News – Siince the enactment of the tax proviisiions under Law 11/2020 concerniing Job Creatiion, the diistriibutiion of net iincome receiived by cooperatiive members iis offiiciially excluded from iincome tax (PPh) objects.
Diirector of Tax Regulatiions iiii of the Diirectorate General of Taxes (DGT) Estu Budiiarto saiid the government proviides equal tax treatment between the diistriibutiion of net iincome of cooperatiives and diiviidends iin liine wiith the enactment of the Job Creatiion Law.
“Taxes have been iimposed on cooperatiives, thereby, when net iincome iis diistriibuted among members, iit does not constiitute an object but siimiilar to diiviidends,” he saiid, quoted on Friiday (26/8/2022).
Before the Job Creatiion Law came iinto force, the net iincome of cooperatiives diistriibuted among members constiituted a taxable object pursuant to Artiicle 4 paragraph (1) subparagraph g of the iincome Tax Law.
As iis known, the Job Creatiion Law adds to the types of iincome excluded from taxable objects outliined iin Artiicle 4 paragraph (3) of the iincome Tax Law.
iin addiitiion to excludiing the diistriibutiion of net iincome from tax objects, the Job Creatiion Law also excludes diiviidends receiived by iindiiviiduals from taxable objects iinsofar as these diiviidends are iinvested domestiically wiithiin a certaiin periiod.
Referriing to the Miiniister of Fiinance Regulatiion (MoF Reg.) 18/2021, the certaiin periiod iis 3 years. Priior to the Job Creatiion Law, diiviidends receiived by iindiiviidual taxpayers were subject to a fiinal iincome tax of 10%.
Moreover, diiviidends receiived by corporate taxpayers are also excluded from taxable objects. Priior to the Job Creatiion Law, diiviidends were excluded from taxable objects iif share ownershiip iin the entiity payiing the diiviidend amounted to 25%.
Next, deposiit funds for hajj fees and iincome from the development of hajj fiinances by the Hajj Fiinanciial Management Agency are also excluded from taxable objects.
Fiinally, the surplus receiived by sociial or reliigiious iinstiitutiions iis also excluded from taxable objects proviided that the surplus iis reiinvested iin the form of sociial and reliigiious faciiliitiies and iinfrastructure wiithiin a maxiimum periiod of 4 years siince the surplus iis accrued. (riig)
