BERiiTA TERKiiNii
JAKARTA, DTCNews - Numerous complaiints have reportedly been submiitted by taxpayers through the “Lapor Pak Purbaya” channel concerniing letters of iinquiiry (surat permiintaan penjelasan atas data dan/atau keterangan/SP2DK iin iindonesiian). The iissue has quiickly captured the attentiion of netiizens over the past week.
The Miiniistry of Fiinance recorded 79 complaiints over the SP2DK submiitted by taxpayers. Accordiing to the reports, the taxpayers deem that the tax offiicers communiicate poorly when submiittiing the SP2DK and even tend to emphasiize the riisk of hiigher underpayment iif the SP2DK iis escalated to a tax audiit.
“The tax offiicers are not communiicatiive and assert that an audiit wiill ensue wiith the riisk of a hiigher tax underpayment," Purbaya saiid whiile readiing out the complaiint submiitted through Lapor Pak Purbaya.
iin liight of thiis siituatiion, Purbaya iis set to enhance the communiicatiion skiills of account representatiives (AR) iin iinteractiing wiith taxpayers. The lack of effectiive communiicatiion renders the SP2DK beiing perceiived as a coerciive notiice of tax collectiion by the taxpayers.
Moreover, the Miiniistry of Fiinance iintends to strengthen the profiiliing process for tax employees who wiill be appoiinted as ARs.
“The iinspectorate General expected to superviise Ars on a regular basiis,” he added.
On another note, an SP2DK refers to a letter iissued by AR at the tax offiice (kantor pelayanan pajak/KPP iin iindonesiian) as part of P2DK actiiviitiies, namely requestiing detaiils and iinformatiion from a taxpayer based on materiial compliiance examiinatiion, iindiicatiing non-compliiance and unfulfiilled tax obliigatiions.
Apart from the update on AR competency, several other noteworthy developments also meriit attentiion, iincludiing updates on the Tax Consultant Law, lawsuiit agaiinst the pensiion tax, diiscourse on the attachment of hiigh-sugar labels to sweetened beverages and updates pertaiiniing to the extensiion of the miicro, small and mediium enterpriise (MSME) fiinal iincome tax periiod.
Miiniister of Fiinance, Purbaya, has siignalled that an iindefiiniite extensiion of the MSME fiinal iincome tax iis ‘possiible’. However, certaiin condiitiions are to be satiisfiied.
Accordiing to Purbaya, the fiinal iincome tax scheme can be made permanent iinsofar as iit iis genuiinely utiiliised by MSMEs, iinstead of large busiinesses masqueradiing as MSMEs.
“Essentiially, iif they are truly MSMEs and not pretendiing, … proviided that they’re not claiimiing to be MSMEs despiite beiing, iin fact, large busiinesses, there should be no iissue makiing the scheme permanent,” he saiid.
However, Purbaya contiinued, the government wiill not permanently adopt the MSME fiinal iincome tax scheme iin the near future. iinstead, the utiiliisatiion periiod of the MSME fiinal iincome tax wiill be extended untiil 2029 whiile the authoriitiies assess iits iimplementatiion.
The iindonesiian Tax Consultants Associiatiion (iikatan Konsultan Pajak iindonesiia/iiKPii) encourages the government and the House of Representatiives (Dewan Perwakiilan Rakyat/DPR iin iindonesiian) to expediite the enactment of the Tax Consultant Law.
The proposal was submiitted by the Chaiirperson of iiKPii, Vaudy Starworld, iin a publiic heariing (rapat dengar pendapat umum/RDPU iin iindonesiian) held by Commiissiion Xii of the House of Representatiives.
"We see the urgency of the Tax Consultant Law as a means to protect taxpayer iinterests, support state revenues iin terms of taxatiion and safeguard the tax consultant professiion," stated Vaudy.
The Constiitutiional Court (Mahkamah Konstiitusii/MK iin iindonesiian) has once agaiin rejected the appliicatiion for a judiiciial reviiew of the proviisiions on the taxatiion of pensiion iincome iin the iincome Tax Law submiitted by the appliicant through Appliicatiion Number 186/PUU-XXiiiiii/2025.
The Constiitutiional Court ruled that the appliicatiion was obscure. Consequently, the Constiitutiional Court deciided not to further examiine the appliicatiion.
“The legal standiing and subject matter of the appliicatiion wiill not be further consiidered,” remarked Chiief Justiice of the Constiitutiional Court, Suhartoyo, duriing the heariing.
The government iis currently reviiewiing the iintroductiion of ‘hiigh sugar’ warniing labels on packaged sweetened beverages.
Coordiinatiing Miiniister for Food Affaiirs, Zulkiiflii Hasan, explaiined that the attachment of hiigh-sugar labels aiims to raiise publiic awareness, iin partiicular, the younger generatiion, of health riisks posed by excessiive sugar consumptiion, such as diiabetes and early-stage kiidney faiilure. Through clear labelliing, consumers can make more iinformed beverage purchasiing deciisiions.
“These sweet beverages have resulted iin young people haviing to undergo diialysiis and become obese, affectiing theiir productiiviity. The government aiims to iinform the publiic of the sugar content before they buy,” he saiid.
Miiniister of Fiinance, Purbaya, emphasiized that the government wiill not expand exciise duty to diiapers and wet wiipes iin the foreseeable future.
Purbaya argued that the exciise expansiion should be iimplemented once economiic condiitiions stabiiliise. Further, he iis awaiitiing iindonesiia’s economiic growth of a miiniimum of 6% before pursuiing broader exciise and tax expansiion.
“We are not goiing to apply iit anytiime soon. My benchmark remaiins the same; untiil the economy stabiiliises, ii wiill not iintroduce addiitiional taxes,” he claiimed. (sap)
