The Chairman Of Banggar DPR Said That He Failed To Achieve The 2026 Tax Revenue Target Could Trigger A State Budget Deficit

JAKARTA - Chairman of the DPR RI Budget Agency (Banggar) Said Abdullah revealed that achieving the tax revenue target is very important to maintain fiscal balance, because if it is not achieved, it can have an impact on the deficit or there must be an emphasis on spending.

"The government must be the best fort or not, the government does not have a tough challenge. But it must be achieved because if it is not achieved it will have an impact on the deficit or expenditure is suppressed, it will be dilemmatic like it or not," he told the media crew, Tuesday, August 19.

Meanwhile, the target for state revenue from the taxation sector in 2026 is IDR 2,692.0 trillion, an increase of 12.8 percent on an annual basis or year on year (yoy) when compared to last year's outlook of IDR 2,387.3 trillion.

Apart from taxes, Said also saw the potential increase in the 2026 Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP) target of IDR 455 trillion, there is still room to increase revenues of up to IDR 20 trillion.

Meanwhile, Said explained regarding loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) amounting to IDR 8 trillion for the modernization of the tax system that the loan is routinely carried out.

"Yes, if it's a question, it's always there every year. But the point is not about ADB loans. The point is how tax revenues can be achieved in 2026, right, the main substance is," he explained.

He explained that the target of tax revenue requires maximum efforts from the government.

"The liaise language is still extensification, but in my opinion, the first thing that is actually the best actually needs the best effort from the government because it is proven that for 2025 it can be achieved if in 2025 it is achieved, of course in 2026 the government just has to make it easier to try new schemes so that the level of compliance is higher. This is the main problem for us, the level of compliance is actually," he said.

He added that the main problem currently lies in the level of taxpayer compliance.

In addition, Said explained the use of the More Budget Balance (SAL) of IDR 60 trillion in 2026, one of which is to close the APBN deficit for next year, it is possible that SAL will not be used.

"If you see the government's deficit taking a lower limit of 2.48 (percent), it seems that the cells are not used. It was used yesterday because on the one hand it was carried out by efficiency but then the sharpening of spending was because of its priorities," he said.

"Well, now it has been designed in such a way from the start by the government, even the government has dared to take the lower limit deficit even though if you take an upper limit to reduce acceptance, it's more like it's more prudent, but the government is actually brave, so in my opinion SAL will not be disturbed," he added.

He believes that the use of SAL will not be used, unless there is an urgent need such as an additional outlook for revenue of IDR 85 trillion in the first semester of 2025.