Until October, DGT Collects IDR 15.68 Trillion VAT From 161 PMSE

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The Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) of the Ministry of Finance collected a value added tax (VAT) of Rp. 15.68 trillion from 161 trading business actors through the Electronic System (PMSE) as of October 31, 2023.

"The amount comes from IDR 731.4 billion in deposits in 2020, IDR 3.90 trillion in deposits in 2021, IDR 5.51 trillion in deposits in 2022, and IDR 5.54 trillion in deposits in 2023," said Director of Counseling, Services, and Public Relations Dwi Astuti quoted from ANTARA, Wednesday, November 8.

The number of PMSE appointed as VAT collection did not increase from the previous month, because during October 2023, the government did not make any appointments.

That month, the government only corrected the data element in the appointment decree from IBM Cloud International BV and Tencent Music Entertainment Hong Kong.

To increase justice and equality of business (level playing field) between digital and conventional business actors, the government has regulated the appointment of PMSE business actors to collect VAT in accordance with Minister of Finance Regulation Number 60/PMK.03/2022.

According to the regulation, business actors who have been appointed as VAT collection must collect at an 11 percent rate for foreign digital products sold in Indonesia.

In addition, collection is also required to make proof of VAT collection which can be in the form of commercial invoices, billing, order receipts, or other similar documents that mention VAT collection and payment has been made.

In the future, to continue to create this justice, the government will still appoint PMSE business actors who sell products and provide digital services from abroad to consumers in Indonesia.

The criteria for business actors who can be appointed as PMSE VAT collection include the value of transactions with Indonesian buyers having exceeded Rp600 million a year or Rp50 million a month and/or the number of traffic in Indonesia has exceeded 12 thousand a year or a thousand a month.