JAKARTA - The Indonesian government announced that there was an incentive for a 6 percent value added tax (VAT) for booking domestic aircraft tickets. Thus, the price of airplane tickets can drop by 14 percent.
Minister of Finance (Menkeu), Sri Mulyani, said that her party was coordinating with the relevant ministries to be involved in providing relief to the community during the 2025 Eid homecoming moment.
This is also in accordance with President Prabowo Subianto's direction to help the community when facing Eid al-Fitr 2025 considering the tradition of going home at that momentum.
Sri Mulyani explained that her party issued Minister of Finance Regulation (PMK) Number 18 of 2025 regarding VAT borne by the Government for economic tickets.
People who buy tickets on March 1-7 April 2025 for the March 24-7 April 2025 trip get VAT incentives so they only pay 5 percent VAT.
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"This means that 6 percent is borne by the government. This PMK will then be effective for those who will make purchases starting today."
"For those who have already bought it before, maybe not (get VAT incentives). However, March 1 can still be done."
"Well, the period (travel) from March 24 to April 7, 2025, with a decrease in VAT of 6 percent, so that only 5 percent of those paid contributed to lowering domestic economic aircraft tickets to 13-14 percent," Sri Mulyani said at a press conference at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Saturday, March 1, 2025.
On the same occasion, the Coordinating Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Development (IPK), Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), said that with the incentive VAT 6 percent, domestic ticket prices will decrease by 13-14 percent for two weeks.
This is expected to help the community for homecoming trips during Eid al-Fitr 2025.
"Hopefully this will also help people who have prepared themselves to return to their hometowns to meet their families to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in their respective hometowns," he said.
Previously, President Prabowo Subianto conveyed a number of policy stimuluss ahead of Lebaran 2025. He ensured that there would be discounted aircraft prices to toll rates.
This is included in the policy to encourage economic growth in the first quarter of 2025. One of them is the policy, namely the 2025 Eid Al-Fitr National Religious Holiday (HBKN) stimulus.
"The HBKN stimulus Ramadhan Lebaran; a. discounted plane ticket price; b. toll rate discount; c. shopping discount programs such as Harbolnas 2025, EPIC Sales 2025 program and BINA Discount 2025; d. Eid homecoming tourism program (related Ministry of Tourism and SOEs); e. food price stabilization," Prabowo said at a press conference at the State Palace, Jakarta, Monday, February 17.
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