117 Stubborn Companies Haven't Deposited Royalties And PNBP, Minister Of Energy And Mineral Resources Asks To Pay Off Immediately

JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif said there are still 117 mining companies that have not deposited obligations in the form of non-tax state royalties and revenues (PNBP).

"The rules have to be like that. We ask that it be paid immediately, so that all requirements are met," said Arifin to the media when met at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Building, Friday, January 5.

Regarding the sanctions that will be given to the company, Arifin said the delay in the deposit will have an impact on the company's activities when accessing the Mineral and Coal Information System between the Ministry and the Institute (Simbara).

Just so you know, in order to improve the development and supervision of mineral and coal trading, today, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, the Government has launched a virtual Mineral and Coal Information System between Ministries and Institutions (Simbara).

In his remarks, Arifin said that the Simbara application is a monitoring application for Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP) and Mineral and Coal Commercial Administration (Minerba). This application is also a series of Minerba governance processes from upstream to downstream, including fulfillment of payment obligations and clearance processes at ports.

"In the context of fostering and supervising mineral and coal trading, today together we will officially witness the launch of a PNBP surveillance application system and mineral and coal trading procedures. This application is as known, a series of processes ranging from upstream to downstream, namely the mining planning process, purification processing, and selling mineral and coal commodities, as well as its connection with fulfilling the obligation to pay state revenues and clearance to ports," Arifin said virtually.

Arifin also explained that Simbara was launched to support the synergy between business processes and the flow of mineral and coal funds between Ministries/Institutions. With the development of Simbara, the process of shipmenting and monitoring compliance with the Domestic Market Obligation (DMO) can be carried out optimally.

Through good coordination from all parties, to realize the effectiveness of supervision and optimization of state revenues, simbara has been present to support the synergy of business processes and the flow of mineral and coal funds between K/L.

Through the development of this system, the single submission system facilities for the shipping process become more practical, fast, and accountable. With the simbara, compliance with DMO by business entities can be carried out more optimally.

"At the same time controlling illegal mineral and coal trade by business actors, both as producers and intermediary traders, which can lead to leakage of state revenues," he added.