Tabita Diela, Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Monday proposed a $188 billion budget for 2022, a touch bigger than this year's spending outlook and with a
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August 16, 2021
July 8, 2021
Claire Jiao, Grace Sihombing and Haslinda Amin – Indonesia's finance minister expects the budget deficit to stay elevated next year as the nation's worst coronavirus surge hampers the r
June 29, 2021
Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The government has submitted a proposal to impose a carbon tax starting next year, as part of the country's tax code reform, to reduce carbon emissions and meet i
June 28, 2021
Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's finance minister on Monday laid out a government proposal for an overhaul of tax regulations, including introducing a program to report undisclosed asset
June 25, 2021
Jakarta – The government's plan to increase value-added tax and widen its coverage triggers controversy. The key is build public trust.
June 21, 2021
Resty Woro Yuniar (South China Morning Post) – In a bid to boost government coffers decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, Indonesia is considering a sweeping tax overhaul that would ad
June 14, 2021
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Catholic groups in Indonesia have criticized a draft bill that would impose a tax on educational services, which the government claims is part of efforts to spur e
June 10, 2021
Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) responded to the government's plan to impose a value-added tax (PPN) for staple food or locally known sembako.
Caesar Akbar, Bisnis, Jakarta – The Indonesian Traditional Market Traders Association (IKAPPI) voiced its protest against the government's plan to impose added-value tax (PPN) on sembak
Antara, Jakarta – Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) head researcher, Felippa Ann Amanta, assessed the effects of the government plan upon imposing added-value tax (PPN) on sta
May 25, 2021
Jakarta – The government has proposed a plan to add a new income tax bracket imposing a 35 percent tax rate on any annual income above $348,000 as part of a sweeping move to revamp Indo
May 24, 2021
Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesia is considering introducing a carbon tax as it seeks to boost revenue to fund its spending to support an economy reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 21, 2021
Jakarta – Indonesia has drawn up proposals to bring in a carbon tax to curb greenhouse gas emissions, in addition to raising VAT rates and reforming income tax, as part of a major overh
May 20, 2021
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has notified the House of Representatives about his intent to introduce another tax amnesty program, the second in five years, as part of the go
May 11, 2021
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April 30, 2021
Rieka Rahadiana, Eko Listiyorini and Claire Jiao – Indonesia is offering made-to-measure incentives and, potentially, carbon offsets as it competes for investment.
February 17, 2021
By Aashna Jamal – Timor-Leste is one of the countries with the lowest number of COVID-19 cases, largely because the government shut down borders in early 2020 knowing that the fragile h
January 26, 2021
Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Indonesia has raised its budget for the National Economic Recovery program to Rp 553.09 trillion (US$39.4 billion), increasing fiscal support for a country strug
December 18, 2020
Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Senior economist Faisal Basri during a webinar on Friday criticized the reduced healthcare budget the government had allocated in the 2021 State Budget (APBN).
December 10, 2020
Jakarta – Indonesia, the world's largest cigarette market, has announced on Thursday to increase the cigarette excise by an average of 12.5 percent in 2021 in the country's latest attem
December 1, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government expects to spend around 95 percent of the total COVID-19 stimulus budget by year-end, less than the initial target, as it struggles to ramp
November 24, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia has collected Rp 297 billion (US$20.9 million) from 22 digital technology companies under the new digital tax, the Finance Ministry's Taxation Di
November 20, 2020
Eisya A.
November 5, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government has once again adjusted its Rp 695.2 trillion (US$47 billion) pandemic stimulus to include funding for a sovereign wealth fund, vaccine proc
October 28, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Tax incentives stipulated in the recently passed Job Creation Law have raised questions among economists over whether they can attract investment and boost
October 27, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – As only Rp 30 trillion (US$2.04 billion) of the government's tax breaks for businesses and individuals had been realized to date, far below its intended ta
October 22, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia needs broad-based tax reform to boost its revenue in the long run so that the country can minimize the impact of spending adjustments and fund it
October 19, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government will not slash the vehicle tax (PKB) on new cars for individuals and businesses to zero percent this year, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indr
October 12, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia has added eight more technology companies to a list of "VAT collectors" – businesses that must charge 10 percent value-added tax (VAT) on all goo
October 2, 2020
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has disbursed Rp 304.6 trillion (US$20.5 billion), or 43.8 percent of the Rp 695 trillion national economic recovery (PEN) b
September 23, 2020
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission IV approved on Monday a vastly increased Agriculture Ministry budget that is aimed at supporting the national econ
September 22, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget deficit swelled in August on the back of falling state revenue collection and increased government spending aimed at stimulating a
September 15, 2020
Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has urged Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati to temporarily exempt vehicle tax (PKB) for new cars until Decemb
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government has only spent around Rp 237 trillion (US$15.92 billion) of the funds earmarked for economic stimulus during the COVID-19 outbreak, represen
September 14, 2020
Akhmad Misbakhul Hasan – As Covid-19 continues to advance into all provinces of Indonesia at a national rate of more than 3,000 new cases a day, the central government appears powerless
September 11, 2020
Jakarta – A key Indonesian parliamentary committee on Friday reached an agreement with the government to expand the 2021 budget deficit to 5.7% of gross domestic product, from 5.5% init
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's tax office and its Australian counterpart have joined hands to exchange information as part of the latest efforts to fight tax avoidance, the T
September 9, 2020
Jakarta – Indonesia on Tuesday added 12 more companies, including social media firm Twitter and video-conferencing site Zoom, to a list of internet-based businesses that must pay a 10%
September 2, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government will probably fail to meet its tax collection target, because economic activity slowed more than expected amid the coronavirus pandemic, Fin
August 27, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is seeking to improve its tax arrears accounting system after the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) discovered irregularities in the existing arran
August 26, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic recovery is "fragile" as state revenue weakened in July after an improvement recorded in the previous month, Finance Minister Sri Muly
August 25, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a budget deficit of Rp 330.2 trillion (US$22.4 billion), or 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), as of July as tax revenue fell fu
August 21, 2020
Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – The government is in a race against the clock to deliver funds to the public to cushion the impacts of the pandemic, but for new ministers the bureaucracy
August 15, 2020
Dion Bisara, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has proposed an expansive state budget next year with a deficit of 5.5 percent of Indonesia's output as he s
August 14, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government expects Indonesia's state budget deficit to remain wide next year to provide room for efforts to support economic recovery and structural r
August 13, 2020
Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on local administrations to accelerate their regional budget spending to help boost the economy after Indonesi
August 7, 2020
Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Global technology giants like Apple, Facebook, and TikTok have followed Netflix's footsteps to collect value-added tax on digital services or products they sold
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is allocating Rp 10 trillion (US$684.72 million) this year to provide loans for regional administrations, while taking measures to step up
August 6, 2020
Bisnis, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani announced on Wednesday the issuance of three revised economic stimuli covering business tax incentives, which come as a refinement and fo
July 29, 2020
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government will raise its 2021 state budget deficit assumption to 5.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) to weather the uncertainties of the pand