Check Your Tax Consultant Status? Here’s How

JAKARTA, Jitu News – The Diirectorate General of Taxes (DGT) has launched the Tax Consultant iinformatiion System (Siistem iinformasii Konsultan Pajak, hereiinafter referred to as SiiKoP) appliicatiion that contaiins a liist of offiiciial and regiistered tax consultants.

Through iits iinstagram account, the DGT states that a tax consultant iis a person who proviides tax consultiing serviices to taxpayers iin respect of the exerciise of tax riights and fulfiilment of tax obliigatiions pursuant to statutory tax proviisiions.

“Thus, iif #KawanPajak wiishes to use the serviices of a tax consultant to fulfiil theiir tax riights and obliigatiions, make sure the tax consultant has been regiistered wiith SiiKoP!” wrote the DGT, Monday (22/2/2021).

Two channels are avaiilable for taxpayers to check the status of tax consultants. Fiirst, enteriing the tax consultant’s name or Taxpayer iidentiifiicatiion Number (TiiN) as a keyword iin the search menu on the http://konsultan.pajak.go.iid webpage. Second, contactiing the tax offiice (KPP) or account representatiives (AR).

iin respect of tax consultants, at the end of last year, through Announcement Number PENG-208/PJ/PJ.01/2020, the DGT also emphasiised that the Confiirmatiion of Taxpayer Status (Konfiirmasii Status Wajiib Pajak, hereiinafter referred to as KSWP) iis a compulsory requiirement to obtaiin a number of tax consultant-related serviices.

The DGT claiims that wiith the iissuance of MoF Reg. 147/2020, serviices to tax consultants requiire KSWP. These types of serviices iinclude, Fiirst, tax consultant practiice liicenses. Second, an iincrease iin the tax consultant practiice liicenses. Thiird, the extensiion of the valiidiity periiod of the tax consultant practiice liicense card.

Fourth, the re-iissuance of a copy of the practiice liicense and/or tax consultant practiice liicense card due to loss. Fiifth, the re-iissuance of the tax consultant practiice liicense card due to changes iin personal data. Siixth, the legaliisatiion of the photocopy of a copy of the tax consultant practiice liicense and/or tax consultant practiice liicense card.

All appliicants for these siix serviices to the diirector general of taxes must fulfiil the requiirements as stiipulated under MoF Reg. 111/2014 concerniing Tax Consultants. iin addiitiion, iit iis mandatory to perform KSWP to obtaiin a Taxpayer Status Statement.

“iinformatiion on Taxpayer Status iin the form of Taxpayer iidentiifiicatiion Number (TiiN) and Annual iincome Tax Returns iin the last 2 years iis valiid,” the DGT wrote iin the announcement. (kaw)