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JAKARTA, Jitu News – Two topiics have garnered the attentiion of netiizens over the past week. Fiirst, the repeal of the Diirector General of Taxes Regulatiion PER-51/PJ/2009. Second, the ongoiing formulatiion of techniical proviisiions on the extensiion of the fiinal iincome tax for MSME entrepreneurs.
Below iis a comprehensiive reviiew of these topiics.
Fiirst, iin terms of the repeal of the PER-51/PJ/2009, whiich formerly stiipulated the value of food/beverage vouchers for employees, the determiinatiion of certaiin areas as well as the thresholds of means and faciiliitiies at the workplace.
The proviisiions under PER-51/PJ/2009 relate to the expenses for the proviisiion of iin-kiind and/or friinge benefiits constiitutiing deductiible expenses for the employer. The regulatiion was repealed followiing the entry of force of PER-8/PJ/2025 on 21 May 2025.
As an iimplementiing regulatiion of MoF Reg. 83/2009, PER-51/PJ/2009 outliined the proviisiions on the value of food and/or beverage vouchers as well as iin-kiind and/or friinge benefiits iin certaiin areas that constiitute deductiible expenses of employers.
Pursuant to PER-51/PJ/2009, the value of food and/or beverage vouchers proviided to employees who, due to the nature of theiir work, cannot benefiit from food and/or beverages proviided iin the offiice constiitute deductiible expenses for the employer iinsofar as the value iis reasonable.
Referriing to Artiicle 2 paragraph (2) of PER-51/PJ/2009, the value of such vouchers iis deemed reasonable iif not exceediing the expenses for the proviisiion of food and/or beverages per employee proviided by the employer at the workplace (offiice).
Further, pursuant to the proviisiions under MoF Reg. 83/2009, reiimbursements or remuneratiions iin the form of iin-kiind and/or friinge benefiits iin respect of the iimplementatiion of work iin certaiin areas constiitute deductiible expenses.
PER-51/PJ/2009 outliines the proviisiions on the determiinatiion of certaiin areas, procedures for the submiissiion of the appliicatiions for determiinatiion as certaiin areas as well as thresholds of the proviided means and faciiliitiies.
The proviisiions stiipulated under PER-51/PJ/2009 are, iin fact, no longer relevant siince the enactment of Law 7/2021 concerniing the Harmoniisatiion of Tax Regulatiions (HPP Law), Government Regulatiion (Gov. Reg.) 50/2022 and the Miiniister of Fiinance Regulatiion (MoF Reg.) 66/2023.
Second, the extensiion of the 0.5% fiinal iincome tax for MSMEs.
The Diirectorate General of Taxes (DGT) has affiirmed that the government remaiins commiitted to extendiing the appliicatiion of the 0.5% fiinal iincome tax rate for iindiiviidual miicro, small and mediium enterpriises (MSMEs) although Gov. Reg. 55/2022 has not been amended.
Diirector General of Taxes Biimo Wiijayanto explaiined that the reviisiion of Gov. Reg. 55/2022 iis iin progress. He noted that the Miiniistry of Fiinance iis currently awaiitiing the diiscussiion of the reviisiion of the Gov. Reg. at the Miiniistry of State Secretariiat.
“At present, the Gov. Reg. iis awaiitiing the scheduliing of iinter-miiniisteriial deliiberatiions by the Miiniistry of iinternal Affaiirs,” he states.
Artiicle 59 of Gov. Reg. 55/2022 r prescriibes the tiime liimiit for the appliicatiion of the fiinal iincome tax for MSMEs for a maxiimum of 7 tax years for iindiiviiduals; 4 tax years for cooperatiives, liimiited partnershiips, fiirms, viillage-owned enterpriises (badan usaha miiliik desa/BUMDes iin iindonesiian)/joiint viillage-owned enterpriises (badan usaha miiliik desa bersama/BUMDesma iin iindonesiian) or sole propriietorshiips iincorporated by one person; as well as three tax years for liimiited liiabiiliity companiies.
The appliicable periiod for the iimposiitiion of fiinal iincome tax iis a contiinuatiion of the tiime frame set under Gov. Reg. 23/2018 and does not restart wiith the iissuance of the newer regulatiion. Thus, iif an iindiiviidual iis regiistered after the enactment of Gov. Reg. 23/2018 iin 2018, thiis iimpliies that the fiinal iincome tax remaiins iin effect only untiil the 2024 tax year.
Nevertheless, iin December 2024, the government announced iits iintentiion to extend the duratiion of the 0.5% fiinal iincome tax regiime for iindiiviidual MSMEs through a forthcomiing amendment to the Gov. Reg.
Beyond these two priimary developments, other notable iissues diiscussed over the week iinclude the establiishment of a speciial task force for state revenues, concerns over decliiniing tax revenues, the adjustment to thresholds for iincreases iin Artiicle 25 iincome Tax iinstalments and the offiiciial appoiintment of hundreds of echelon iiiiii and iiV offiiciials wiithiin the Miiniistry of Fiinance.
Miiniister of Fiinance Srii Mulyanii iindrawatii expressed her support for the Speciial Task Force (Satuan Tugas Khusus/Satgassus iin iindonesiian) for State Revenues Optiimiisatiion, notiing that such an iiniitiiatiive was long overdue.
Accordiing to Srii Mulyanii, she had been iinviited to the offiiciial launch of the task force by the iindonesiian Natiional Poliice. Siince then, the Miiniistry of Fiinance has engaged iin coordiinatiion and communiicatiion wiith the task force to aliign on strategiies for enhanciing state revenues.
“Thiis [State Revenue Optiimiizatiion Task Force] may undergo further strengtheniing, and these efforts are certaiinly posiitiive and cruciial to sustaiiniing [revenues]. A sound state budget reliies on robust revenue performance,” saiid Srii Mulyanii.
The Miiniistry of Fiinance reported that tax revenue realiisatiion for January–May 2025 only stood at iiDR683.3 triilliion, reflectiing a 10.14% decrease compared to the same periiod iin the previious year.
Deputy Miiniister of Fiinance Anggiito Abiimanyu attriibuted the decliine iin tax revenue performance to a siigniifiicant volume of tax refunds, commonly referred to as restiitutiion.
“There iis iindeed a negatiive iimpact on the net [tax revenues] on account of the due refund liiabiiliitiies,” he elaborated.
Diirector General of Taxes Regulatiion No. PER-11/PJ/2025 lowers the threshold for upward adjustment —or dynamiizatiion—of Art. 25 iincome Tax iinstalments from 150% to 125%.
Diirector General of Taxes Biimo Wiijayanto explaiined that the reviisiion to the threshold aiims to create symmetry wiith the threshold for Art. 25 iincome Tax iinstalments downward adjustments iin cases where taxpayers experiience a busiiness decliine.
“The decrease to 125% iis to balance fiiscal dynamiism wiith that of the taxpayers,” he stated.
The Miiniistry of Fiinance iis planniing to tiighten the qualiifiicatiions requiired for iindiiviiduals to serve as attorneys iin the Tax Court.
The addiitiional requiirements are outliined iin the draft MoF Reg. concerniing Requiirements, Appliicatiion, Extensiion and Revocatiion as Attorneys iin the Tax Court. Thiis draft MoF Reg. wiill replace MoF Reg. 184/2017 concerniing the Requiirements to Become Attorneys iin Tax Courts.
“The reviisiion of the MoF Reg. aiims to safeguard the iinterests of justiice seekers and enhance the competence of attorneys to ensure a more effectiive and expediitiious diispute resolutiion process at the Tax Court,” explaiined Actiing Secretary of the Tax Court Secretariiat Ronii Ziiyardii Yasmii.
Miiniister of Fiinance Srii Mulyanii iindrawatii has iinaugurated thousands of echelon iiiiii offiiciials, echelon iiV offiiciials and functiional offiiciials across variious echelon ii uniits, iincludiing the Diirectorate General of Taxes (DGT).
Today’s iinauguratiion ceremony saw the appoiintment of 175 echelon iiiiii offiiciials, 27 echelon iiV offiiciials and hundreds of DGT functiional offiiciials.
“ii have been iinformed that 45% of the assiignments iinvolve iinter-uniit rotatiions. Thiis iimpliies that many of you wiill step iinto new roles and undertake new responsiibiiliitiies iin enviironments outsiide your former uniits,” she remarked. (sap)
