Protect Taxpayer Rights, DGT Commits Firmly Reject Gratification

Director General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance Bimo Wijayanto. (Photo: Aris Nurjani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Director General of Taxes Bimo Wijayanto explained that the right of taxpayer number 4, namely the right to pay no more than the amount of tax owed, as regulated in PER-13/PJ/2025 concerning Taxpayers (Taxpayers Charter), is a very important basic principle in the tax system.

"Otherwise, the first to pay taxes is no more than what is regulated, it is very clear that in some cases there is a dispute between the understanding of taxpayers and between the understanding of fiscus, of course, this confirms that the main baseline of paying and debting taxes is the law and implementing regulations," he said at a press conference, Tuesday, July 22.

Bimo conveyed his firm commitment to integrity and did not tolerate the slightest form of gratification, extortion, or bribery (bribery) committed by our officers in the field.

According to him, the tax value that must be paid by taxpayers must purely refer to the provisions of the legislation, without any pressure or unethical practice in any form and this commitment will be a moral value and the ethical compass for all of its staff.

"So it is clear that if there is a violation in the context of taxes that are debted, the value of taxes that must be paid. That is really the basis of the law and its implementing regulations, there is no pressure in the form of extortion, in the form of bribery or in the form of gratification and commitment. that will be the moral value of the compass for our members in the field," he said.

Bimo said that the Taxpayer Charter is actually a concrete form of the modification of the tax payer's rights and obligations more clearly and systematically.

"This is a milestone and this is a real commitment. The state is present in ensuring the fulfillment of balanced rights and obligations in accordance with the provisions of the applicable laws and regulations," he said.

He conveyed that so far, there are often still misunderstandings or differences in interpretations between taxpayers and tax workers (fiscus) regarding the rights, obligations, and interpretations of tax regulations.

According to him, through the launch of the Taxpayer Charter (Taxpayer), which is a codification of various tax regulations, including the 1945 Constitution, the General Provisions and Tax Procedures Law (KUP), the Tax Regulation Harmonization Law (HPP), as well as other laws such as VAT and PPh, and other laws related to taxation rights and obligations are very carefully modified, there are 8 main rights of taxpayers and 8 main obligations of taxpayers that must be understood by taxpayers and tax collectors.

"This will serve as a guideline for our personnel, our tax servants, tax law enforcement in all offices, throughout Indonesia and this will be a principlel guide, ethical principle which to ensure that Indonesia has a tax system that is transformative, fair, legal certainty, and fairness and just," he concluded.