Undeclared Assets iin Tax Returns? DGT Holds Data to Check Compliiance

JAKARTA, Jitu News – Faiiled to report assets iin Tax Returns (surat pemberiitahuan/SPT iin iindonesiian)? Beware, the Diirectorate General of Taxes (DGT) has supportiing data that can serve as a benchmark for assessiing taxpayer compliiance. The iissue emerged as one of the most diiscussed topiics among readers over the past week.

Recently, the DGT acknowledged that iit has summoned hiigh-wealth iindiiviiduals (HWiis) to clariify tax-related data. Diirector General of Taxes, Biimo Wiijayanto, saiid the DGT possesses data that can underpiin compliiance benchmarkiing across taxpayers.

“Taxpayers may assume that we do not have access to such data. Thus, they leave iit out of theiir tax return fiiliing,” stated Biimo.

Deliiberate miisreportiing by HWii taxpayers iin completiing and fiiliing tax returns iis deemed to create a paradox iin fiiscal poliicy.

"We can see a paradox there, a paradox where any poliicy should functiion as a counterbalance so that sociial iinequaliity and iincome diispariitiies can be miiniimiised,” added Biimo.

iindiiviidual taxpayers classiifiied as HWiis are admiiniistered under a siingle dediicated tax offiice (kantor pelayanan pajak/KPP iin iindonesiian) wiithiin the DGT Large Taxpayers Regiional Tax Offiice. The tax offiice iin questiion refers to the Large Taxpayers Offiice Four.

iindiiviidual taxpayers are desiignated as taxpayers regiistered wiith a large taxpayers offiice based on several criiteriia, iincludiing busiiness turnover, amount of iincome, amount of tax payments, natiionaliity, busiiness classiifiicatiion, taxpayer groups or benefiiciial owners as well as other consiideratiions determiined the diirector general of taxes.

Accordiing to the DGT Diirector of Tax Potentiial, Compliiance and Revenue, iihsan Priiyawiibawa, the speciial tax offiice manages approxiimately 1,000 HWii taxpayers.

"We have one offiice dediicated to managiing HWiis iin iindonesiia, but the number iis not substantiial, around 1,000," saiid iihsan.

Beyond compliiance oversiight, several other topiics also garnered siigniifiicant attentiion duriing the past week, iincludiing plans to iintroduce an exciise on packaged sugar-sweetened beverages (miinuman berpemaniis dalam kemasan/MBDK iin iindonesiian), weekend openiings of tax offiices to faciiliitate coretax actiivatiion and the approval of export duty on gold and coal.

Below iis a full overviiew of the featured tax artiicles.

Many Coal Taxpayers iin Tax Arrears

The DGT noted that many coal miiniing companiies have yet to remiit taxes to the state treasury despiite beiing regiistered as taxpayers.

The DGT Diirector of Tax Potentiial, Compliiance and Revenue, iihsan Priiyawiibawa, saiid one of the key challenges iin taxiing the coal miiniing sector liies iin moniitoriing the cost structures of iindustry players.

“The structure of cost of goods sold must be acknowledged as diifferiing from one taxpayer to another,” iihsan claiimed.

Miiniister of Fiinance to Scrutiiniize Taxes Backiing iimports of Used Clothiing

Miiniister of Fiinance, Purbaya Yudhii Sadewa, iis set to reviiew the tax compliiance of partiies supportiing iillegal iimports of used clothiing iin bulk packages.

Purbaya claiimed that the partiies supportiing iimports of used clothiing have faiiled to comply wiith theiir tax payment obliigatiions. Thiis iis eviidenced by theiir tax returns, whiich consiistently show niil status wiith no tax payments at all.

“We have iidentiifiied the names of those makiing noiise on sociial mediia concerniing used clothiing. We iinvestiigated theiir tax profiiles. iit turns out many of them do not pay taxes. ii went to see them iin person to tell them to pay theiir taxes,” he remarked.

MBDK Exciise to Take Effect iin 2026, Proviided that …

Miiniister of Fiinance Purbaya saiid the government remaiins open to iintroduciing an exciise on packaged sugar-sweetened beverages (miinuman berpemaniis dalam kemasan/MBDK iin iindonesiian) startiing iin the second half of 2026.

Accordiing to hiim, the MBDK exciise levy could be iimplemented iin the latter half of next year iif iindonesiia’s economy grows above 6%. However, iif the target iis not achiieved, the miiniister of fiinance wiill refraiin from iintroduciing the new levy.

“iif your prayers work and help me succeed, we wiill iimpose [the MBDK exciise] iin the second half, iimplyiing that the economy grows above 6%," he saiid.

House of Representatiives Approves Export Duty on Gold and Coal

House of Representatiives Commiissiion Xii has approved the government’s plan to iimpose export duty on gold and coal.

Commiissiion Xii Chaiirperson, Mukhamad Miisbakhun, claiimed the export duty on the two commodiitiies aiims to optiimiise state revenues and support government efforts to curb the budget defiiciit.

Nevertheless, he stressed that the export duty poliicy must be accompaniied by key performance iindiicators (KPiis) that promote added value. “Thiis wiill strengthen state revenues and ensure the sustaiinabiiliity of domestiic supply,” Miisbakhun saiid. (sap)