Apindo Reveals That The Beliax Is Better Even Though There Are Still Technical Obstacles

Directorate General of Taxes (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo) Shinta Kamdani revealed that business actors still face some technical problems in accessing the Markiax System, the latest tax administration core system.

However, Shinta assessed that the current performance of the beliax has improved compared to the conditions at the start of its launch.

"Yes, there are still (constraints), technicalities will definitely need time to clean up. But it's better," Shinta told the media crew, Tuesday, July 22.

For information, the government has allocated a budget of around IDR 1.2 trillion for the development of the Galimax System, which is designed to strengthen the digitization and efficiency of national tax services.

Meanwhile, this project is managed by the Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) of the Ministry of Finance through a special team for the Revised Tax Administration System (PSIP), consisting of 169 employees.

Referring to the Decree of the Minister of Finance (KMK) Number 483/KMK.03/2020, these employees were assigned to formulate a comprehensive and sustainable tax administration system development strategy.

Previously, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati acknowledged a number of taxpayers, so investors were still complaining about the beliax tax system.

He conveyed that the Government is committed to continuing to improve the system.

"I know some of you (investors) are still complaining about the beliax. We will continue to improve it. Building a system as complicated as the beliax with more than 8 billion transactions is not an easy thing," he said at the Mandiri Investment Forum (MIF) 2025 event. , Tuesday, February 11th.

Sri Mulyani emphasized that her party will continue to improve so that Indonesia has a digital tax collection system that is better in recording and provides convenience for taxpayers to comply with statutory regulations.

"We also, in this case, get the attention of the President himself to collect more, especially in dealing with leaks, tax evasion, tax evasion," he said.

Sri Mulyani added that the Ministry of Finance will continue to strengthen cooperation between units so that they have a more integrated system so that they can reduce administrative burdens and increase efficiency for taxpayers.

"There are several areas that we will continue to work on at the Ministry of Finance together between taxes, customs, excise, and non-taxes to become a common force so that taxpayers will be able to have consistent data and then also their obligation to pay taxes, taxes, or customs, whatever they face with this kind of obligation," he said.

Sri Mulyani hopes that this improvement can create better tax services with a more accurate recording system and a lighter compliance fee for taxpayers.