KPK Reveals the Flow of Alleged Tax Bribery at the KPP Madya Jakut

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed the chronology of the alleged bribery involving the Head of the North Jakarta Tax Service Office Dwi Budi (DWB).

Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK, Asep Guntur Rahayu, said the alleged bribery began with a report on the land and building tax obligation (PBB) for the 2023 tax period submitted by PT WP during September-December 2025.

"Based on the report, the inspection team from the North Jakarta Sub-Directorate of the Central Kalimantan Regional Office conducted an inspection to trace the potential for a lack of UN payments. The results showed that there were findings of potential underpayment of around Rp. 75 billion," said Asep at the KPK's Red and White Building, Jakarta, Sunday, January 11.

Furthermore, he said PT WP then filed a number of objections to the results of the KPP Madya Jakut examination.

"In the process, it is suspected that AGS's brother as the Head of the Supervisory and Consulting Section of the North Jakarta KPP Deputy asked PT WP to make an 'all in' tax payment of Rp. 23 billion," he said.

He explained that the 'all in' referred to was as much as Rp. 15 billion for the payment of tax deficiencies, and Rp. 8 billion out of Rp. 23 billion was used as a commitment cost for AGS which was then distributed to related parties in the Ministry of Finance's Directorate General of Taxes.

"However, PT WP objected to the request, and only agreed to pay a fee of Rp4 billion," he said.

Then in December 2025, the inspection team issued a Notification of Inspection Results (SPHP) with a tax payment value for PT WP of IDR 15.7 billion.

"The value has decreased by around Rp59.3 billion or 80 percent from the initial value set, so that the state's revenue has decreased significantly," he said.

Meanwhile, Asep said PT WP carried out a fictitious contract scheme for financial consulting services to meet the demand for commitment costs from AGS, then the money was given in cash at a number of locations in Jabodetabek.

"From the receipt of the funds, in January 2026, AGS and ASB (as the Assessment Team at the North Jakarta Sub-Directorate General) distributed the money to a number of employees in the Directorate General of Taxes, and other parties," he explained.

Previously, the KPK carried out the first hand-in-hand operation (OTT) in 2026 during 9-10 January 2026, and arrested eight people.

The KPK on January 9, 2026, said the OTT was related to alleged tax arrangements in the mining sector.

On January 11, 2026, the KPK named five people as suspects from the OTT. They are DWB as Head of the Deputy Head of the KPP, AGS as Head of the Supervisory and Consulting Section of the Deputy Head of the KPP, ASB as the Assessment Team at the Deputy Head of the KPP, ABD as a tax consultant, and EY as a staff of PT WP.

Based on the information collected, the suspects are the Head of the KPP, Deputy Jakut Dwi Budi (DWB), Head of the Waskon KPP, Deputy Jakut Agus Syaifudin (AGS), the Assessment Team at the KPP, Deputy Jakut Askob Bahtiar (ASB), tax consultant Abdul Kadim Sahbudin (ABD), and Staff of PT Wanatiara Persada Edy Yulianto (EY).