Regarding The Rise Of A Physical Phenomenon From Overseas, Retail Entrepreneurs: It's A Black Market!

Jantip illustration (photo: dock. Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association (Aprindo) said that the phenomenon of entrusted services alias jattip is an illegal business.

Chairman of the Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association (Aprindo) Roy N Mandey assessed that this suitable item was included in the black market because it entered Indonesia but was not taxed.

"We strongly criticize Jastip because it is an illegal business that is not included in Indonesia on official channels, does not meet taxes, the entry of the suit, right, the black market," Roy said at a press conference in the Kuningan area, South Jakarta, quoted Friday, January 19.

Roy assessed that this laptop item, both high and low valuables, would enter Indonesia without being taxed. This is because the incoming goods seem to belong to the person who received the order personally.

"Ocens are expensive, expensive bags, expensive electronics are put in his bag, cargo, as if his own goods even though when he leaves the airport have been taken and through his taxes, the legal mechanism has not been fulfilled," he said.

Meanwhile, Roy assessed that legal importers must pay taxes in accordance with applicable regulations. This will certainly affect the amount of the price for goods sold.

Moreover, the government recently tightened importation activities by issuing the Minister of Trade Regulation (Permendag) Number 36 of 2023 concerning Import Policy and Regulation.

"We strongly criticize when imports that are legal to pay officially, pay according to regulations, according to the tariff, are even tightened. Meanwhile, those who are illegal do not pay taxes, do not pay tariffs and do not comply with regulations are even more widespread," said Roy.

In addition, he also highlighted that the government does not yet have a regulation governing this material phenomenon. According to him, the government needs to regulate and take firm action against this material phenomenon because it can harm countries and retailers who sell legal imported goods, although the impact on retailers is not too significant.

"What we are concerned about is that it has not yet reached the regulation that oversees and also takes firm action so that this does not harm the state. To the state, right, it does not enter the tax, retail losses are the impact of the goods brought in. In fact, we actually have sales in our outlets," said Roy.

"We want to increase economic growth by 6 percent, that's why we will not have more than 5 percent because the illegal ones are even more widespread, detrimental to the state, of course and also detrimental to official business actors. What is not official has an impact on the official ones, so that those who are officially affected," he concluded.