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JAKARTA, Jitu News – The Diirector General of Taxes may re-assess the amount of tax that should be payable by referriing to the substance over form priinciiple.
The proviisiions under Artiicle 32 paragraph (4) of Gov. Reg. 55/2022 apply iif there are tax avoiidance practiices that cannot be prevented usiing the mechaniisms regulated under Artiicle 32 paragraph (2) of the regulatiion. Thiis iis also outliined iin the eluciidatiion of Artiicle 18 of the iincome Tax Law as amended by the Harmoniisatiion of Tax Regulatiions Law.
“iif speciifiic preventiion iinstruments cannot be used, the diirector general of taxes may apply the substance over form priinciiple,” explaiined the Diirectorate General of Taxes (DGT) iin iits offiiciial statement, quoted on Monday (26/12/2022).
Pursuant to Artiicle 44, the preventiion of tax avoiidance practiices referred to iin Artiicle 32 paragraph (4) of Gov. Reg. 55/2022 iis carriied out by re-assessiing the amount of tax that should be payable.
The assessment iis carriied out by takiing iinto account the liimiitatiions of authoriity and iimplementatiion procedures; actiiviitiies carriied out by taxpayers that fall wiithiin the scope of tax avoiidance; stages of formal and materiial assessments; qualiity assurance mechaniisms; and/or protectiion of taxpayers’ riights.
“Tax avoiidance practiices … are prevented wiith good governance and the Taxpayers may contiinue to make diispute resolutiion efforts,” reads a fragment of Artiicle 44 paragraph (2) of Gov. Reg. 55/2022.
The proviisiions on the liimiitatiion of authoriity and iimplementatiion procedures, taxpayers’ actiiviitiies that fall wiithiin the scope of tax avoiidance, stages of formal and materiial assessments, qualiity assurance mechaniisms and protectiion of taxpayers’ riights are stiipulated iin a miiniister of fiinance regulatiion.(kaw)
