On 31 March 2017, the government of Indonesia officially ended its tax-amnesty program.
[1] Despite failing to hit its initial total revenue target,
[2] Indonesia’s recent tax-amnesty still managed to become the world’s most successful ever of such program, netting a total amount of declared assets of IDR 4,884 trillion (approximately USD 367 billion) and total ransom fees (
uang tebusan) amounting to IDR 115 trillion (approximately USD 8.6 billion).
[3]
Since the end of the tax-amnesty program, stakeholders across Indonesia’s taxation sector have raised questions regarding the government’s next move towards ensuring better compliance from taxpayers and hopefully eventually improving the tax sector itself. In addressing such concerns, the Ministry of Finance has prepared a number of strategies which employ both international and domestic approaches.
[4]
On a domestic level, the government is currently preparing to revise a number of taxation laws and regulations, including:
[5]......