Electric Vehicle Tax Changes, DKI Still Provides Incentives

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Regional Revenue Agency (Bapenda) will collect taxes on electric vehicles in a reasonable manner, while still providing incentives.

Head of the DKI Jakarta Tax Office Lusiana Herawati said the government had prepared a tariff formula after the issuance of the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation (Permendagri) Number 11 of 2026.

"At that time, we had tried to formulate the tariff that would be imposed," he said, quoting Antara.

According to him, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov) had proposed four layers of incentives, namely electric vehicles with a value of up to Rp300 million received an incentive of 75 percent, vehicles worth Rp300-500 million received an incentive of 65 percent.

Then, electric vehicles worth Rp500-700 million get an incentive of 50 percent. Meanwhile, for electric vehicles with a value above Rp700 million get an incentive of 25 percent.

"So, the tax paid still takes into account the ability to pay and the principle of fairness," said Lusiana.

However, this policy must be in accordance with the Circular of the Ministry of Home Affairs Number 900.1.13.1/3764/SJ which asks local governments to provide incentives in the form of tax exemptions for electric vehicles.

"If the release, it means that the value is zero. That's what we have to do because there is a directive from the Ministry of Home Affairs," explained Lusiana.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of Commission C of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Dimaz Raditya, said that the potential for regional revenue from electric vehicle taxes in Jakarta is quite large.

However, this policy cannot be implemented because local governments must follow the central government's directions. "From the beginning, we said that the potential tax from electric vehicles in DKI Jakarta is very high," said Dimaz.

Previously, Dimaz had discussed a scheme for imposing taxes on electric vehicles with a gradual pattern. The scheme does not apply tariffs evenly, but divides vehicles based on vehicle value or price.

According to him, this pattern gives room for justice for electric vehicle owners.

Commission C continues to encourage that the tax policy for electric vehicles can be implemented in the following years by taking into account the readiness of the regions and the direction of the central government.

According to Dimaz, the trend of selling electric vehicles continues to increase. This condition needs to be balanced with fair fiscal policies. Especially for areas with great potential for electric vehicles, such as Jakarta.