DEN Reveals 4 Main Pillars Of Government Digitization

Executive Secretary of the Indonesian National Economic Council Septian Hario Seto. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The National Economic Council (DEN) of the Republic of Indonesia revealed that there are four main pillars of government digitization, namely optimizing state revenues, efficiency of state spending, ease of public service and ease of doing business.

Executive Secretary of the Indonesian National Economic Council Septian Hario Seto said that the first pillar is optimizing state revenues through optimizing the Implementation of the Core Tax and Mineral and Coal Information System (SIMBARA) system to increase transparency and accountability in the management of taxes and acceptance of the mineral and coal sectors.

"THIS SIMBARA is related to state revenues, not taxes from the mining sector, especially royalty. So these are the two main components, within the pillar of optimizing state revenues, so if we talk about taxes in the context of digitalization, this is actually only one of the pillars," he said at a press conference, Thursday, January 9.

Seto conveyed that the Core Tax system, which has begun implementing this month, allows real-time transaction recording and verification, supports taxpayer compliance, and optimizes state revenues.

In addition, According to him, the Core Tax system is important in significantly increasing taxpayer compliance and the DEN also fully supports the implementation of the Core Tax.

"The DEN fully supports the implementation of this coretax which has started on January 1, 2025. If there is still a shortage here and there, it is natural because the system has just been implemented. But we believe that the Ministry of Finance and the Director General of Taxes will work hard to develop the system so that it can run well," he said.

Seto conveyed that for the second pillar, namely a way to streamline state spending, one of which is through digitizing the e-catalogue system version 6.0 to ensure that the procurement process for goods and services is more transparent and efficient.

Meanwhile, the E-catalogue 6.0 is equipped with features such as real-time supervision, inter-ministerial and institutional integration, automatic needs analysis, and data-based vendor evaluation to ensure state spending is right on target and free from waste.

According to Seto, this digitization also synchronizes recipients of social assistance (bansos) so that they are more targeted.

Furthermore, the third pillar, Seto conveyed, namely improving and improving public services to the general public through digitizing services such as population administration, driver's license, passport, education, and health to improve access and efficiency of public services.

Seto said that this digital system is designed to reduce the bureaucracy and provide easier and faster experiences for the community.

Seto conveyed the fourth pillar, namely the ease of doing business through the improvement of the Online Single Submission (OSS) system to accelerate the business licensing process and increase the competitiveness of investment in Indonesia.

Seto added that this more integrated OSS system will encourage the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and attract more direct investment.

"The fourth title, the last one is how we can improve business services. In the period of President Jokowi, we have pioneered through OSS, we continue to make improvements and this will be one of the key pillars so that it is related to investment, economic growth can later be facilitated," he said.

Seto conveyed that some of these pillars are the main foundation called digital public infrastructure or Digital ID and an important message from President Prabowo Subianto that he wants to see the development of the Digital ID on August 17.