Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – The new 8% cap on commissions charged by ride-hailing platforms currently applies only to motorcycle taxi services and does not yet cover ride-hailing cars, Transport Minister Dudy Purwagandhi said on Tuesday.

The commission cap, which took effect on July 1 under Presidential Regulation No. 27 of 2026 on the Protection of Online Transportation Workers, reduces the maximum fee that ride-hailing operators can deduct from motorcycle drivers' earnings.

"At present, the regulation applies only to two-wheeled ride-hailing services," Dudy told reporters in Jakarta.

Before the regulation came into force, ride-hailing platforms typically deducted 15% to 20% of drivers' earnings as application service fees.

Dudy said extending similar rules to ride-hailing cars would require coordination with regional governments, while commission arrangements for app-based courier services remain under the authority of the Communication and Digital Affairs Ministry.

He said the new policy has so far been implemented without significant operational problems. However, some drivers remain confused about how the commission cap is calculated.

The Transport Ministry has therefore asked ride-hailing companies to provide clearer explanations to their driver-partners to prevent misunderstandings.

According to ministry estimates, Indonesia had about 7 million online motorcycle taxi drivers in 2025. Platform operators, however, report substantially lower numbers of active drivers.

GoTo, Indonesia's largest ride-hailing operator, reported 3.7 million registered driver-partners last year, although only about 800,000 were actively completing customer orders.

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