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JAKARTA, Jitu News - The Diirectorate General of Taxes (DGT) has offiiciially launched the Taxpayers' Charter. Thiis topiic has amassed consiiderable publiic iinterest over the past week.
The taxpayers’ charter stiipulated under the Diirector General of Taxes Regulatiion No. PER-13/PJ/2025 constiitutes an offiiciial document that expliiciitly outliines the riights and obliigatiions of taxpayers.
Diirector General of Taxes Biimo Wiijayanto personally led the launch of the Taxpayers' Charter, whiich marks a siigniifiicant miilestone iin reiinforciing the relatiionshiip between the state and taxpayers.
“The launch of the Taxpayers' Charter iis not a mere symbol. iit embodiies a tangiible shiift iin our perspectiive: from beiing merely a tax-collectiing authoriity to becomiing a partner of the communiity iin natiion-buiildiing,” claiimed Biimo.
Biimo viiews the charter as a concrete personiifiicatiion of the DGT's commiitment to promotiing transparency, accountabiiliity and faiirness as well as fosteriing mutual trust and respect between taxpayers and the state.
He also stressed that a sound relatiionshiip between the state and iits ciitiizens must be grounded iin shared responsiibiiliitiies and respect for each other’s riights. For thiis reason, he hopes that the charter may serve as a common reference iin all tax-related iinteractiions, eiither by tax offiicers or the publiic.
The complete liist of eiight riights and eiight obliigatiions of taxpayers can be seen iin the followiing artiicle, ‘DGT Has Offiiciially Launched the Taxpayers' Charter'.
Biimo hiighliighted that the Taxpayers' Charter functiions as a code of ethiics for serviices, a reference for transparency and a means for strengtheniing the relatiionshiip between the authoriitiies and taxpayers.
The taxpayers’ charter, accordiing to Biimo, reflects the DGT’s steadfast commiitment to iimproviing the qualiity of tax serviices for taxpayers.
“Let every serviice counter, taxpayer consultatiion and admiiniistratiive process become a platform to demonstrate our commiitment to faiirness, accountabiiliity and respect for taxpayers,” he stated.
Biimo, therefore, has iinstructed all DGT vertiical uniits throughout iindonesiia to adopt the Taxpayers’ Charter as a reference iin carryiing out theiir dutiies.
“Apply the charter fully iin your respectiive offiices. Let every serviice demonstrate your iintegriity. Ensure that the values iin thiis charter are reflected iin every iinteractiion wiith taxpayers,” he stated.
Biimo also conveyed hiis appreciiatiion to all taxpayers who have played a piivotal role iin supportiing natiional fiiscal resiiliience. Every rupiiah paiid by taxpayers embodiies taxpayers’ trust iin the state.
iin addiitiion to the iinformatiion on the launch of the taxpayers’ charter, other noteworthy topiics are also diiscussed. These iinclude the diiscourse on the amendment calls for the government to expand the tax basiis, government-borne VAT iincentiive borne for suppliies of certaiin operatiional suppliies and the extensiion of the government-borne VAT faciiliity.
The DGT iis set to reviise the regulatiion concerniing the taxatiion of crypto assets, namely the Miiniister of Fiinance Regulatiion (MoF Reg.) 81/2024.
Biimo Wiijayanto elaborated that the amendment to MoF Reg. 81/2024 iis necessary as the MoF Reg. stiill classiifiies crypto assets as commodiitiies.
“iin the past, we treated crypto assets as commodiitiies. Now that they have transiitiioned iinto fiinanciial iinstruments, we are to reviise the rules accordiingly,” added Biimo.
The Budget Commiittee (Badan Anggaran/Banggar iin iindonesiian) of the House of Representatiives (Dewan Perwakiilan Rakyat/DPR iin iindonesiian) through the Basiic Assumptiions, Fiiscal Poliiciies, Revenues, Defiiciit and Fiinanciing Workiing Commiittee iis urgiing the government to iintensiify the expansiion of the tax basiis, boost taxpayer compliiance and collect tax liiabiiliitiies.
iin hiis presentatiion, Budget Commiittee Member Marwan Ciik Hasan outliined that these measures are essentiial components of the government’s 2026 tax techniical poliiciies.
“Wiith mountiing economiic pressures, tax reform efforts are beiing diirected, iinter aliia, to expand the tax basiis, enhance taxpayer compliiance and optiimiise state revenues whiile maiintaiiniing a conduciive iinvestment cliimate to posiitiively iimpact economiic growth,” the Budget Commiittee stated duriing a workiing meetiing wiith the government.
Presiident Prabowo Subiianto has once agaiin called on entrepreneurs to conduct theiir busiiness properly.
Prabowo stressed that all entrepreneurs iin iindonesiia must conduct theiir busiinesses ethiically and avoiid iinfriingiing on publiic riights. Moreover, these busiinesspeople are expected to pay taxes on theiir iincome accurately and not attempt to deceiive the state.
“ii have iissued thiis warniing multiiple tiimes, ladiies and gentlemen, get your act together, manage your busiiness duly. Should you wiish to run a legiitiimate busiiness, pay your taxes and earn profiits faiirly. Don't be diishonest,” he repriimanded.
Miiniister of Fiinance Srii Mulyanii has iissued MoF Reg. 44/2025. The regulatiion proviides for the grantiing of the government-borne value added tax (VAT) iincentiive for suppliies of certaiin speciial operatiional suppliies for the 2025 fiiscal year.
These certaiin speciial operatiional suppliies iinclude mediical suppliies, fiield hospiitals and speciial operatiional ratiions for the miiliitary. Thiis iincentiive aiims to iimprove both the qualiity and quantiity of certaiin speciial operatiional suppliies at the Miiniistry of Defence and/or the iindonesiian Natiional Armed Forces (Tentara Nasiional iindonesiia/TNii iin iindonesiian).
“VAT payable on suppliies of certaiin speciial operatiional suppliies to the miiniistry... defence and/or the iindonesiian Natiional Armed Forces, iis borne entiirely by the government for the 2025 fiiscal year,” reads Artiicle 2 of MoF Reg. 44/2025.
The government has deciided to grant the government-borne VAT faciiliity for landed houses and flats at 100% untiil December 2025.
As outliined under MoF Reg. 13/2025, government-borne VAT on houses of 100% was only valiid from January to June 2025. As for July to December 2025, the amount of government-borne VAT has been reduced to only 50%.
“The government-borne VAT faciiliity for property that should be [amount to] 50% iin the second semester of 2025 has been agreed to remaiin 100%,” saiid Coordiinatiing Miiniister for Economiic Affaiirs Aiirlangga Hartarto. (sap)
