Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadive emphasized that he did not support the plan to implement the tax amnesty program volume III.
According to him, this policy can actually undermine trust in the government in carrying out tax law enforcement.
"My view is like this, if amnesty many times, how is the credibility of amnesty? It gives a signal to taxpayers that they may violate, in the future there will be another amnesty, something like that," he told the media crew, in a media briefing, Friday, September 19.
He is worried that the message conveyed from the repeated tax amnesty will create a wrong perception where taxpayers may feel understood to avoid obligations, because the government is considered to always provide opportunities for bleaching in the future.
"If you have a tax amnesty every few years, yes, everything will smuggle money, in three years for a tax amnesty, something like that. So the message is not good," he explained.
Purbaya added that twice the previous tax amnesty should be sufficient, if this program continues, it is feared that there will be a perception that tax evasion is something that can be negotiated and remains to wait for further bleaching.
"How much has this been? Already two, right? One, two, later three, four, five, six, seven, eight, yes, all the messages are just kibulin taxes, we'll wait at tax amnesty, bleaching there, that's what I can't think of," he said.
According to him, instead of conducting a tax amnesty volume III, his party is more focused on strengthening the tax system, increasing compliance, and expanding the tax base through sustainable economic growth.
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He said that this approach was considered more effective in increasing state revenues without having to give concessions repeatedly.
"So my position is, we optimize all existing regulations, we minimize tax evasion, it should be enough, we advance the economy so that with a constant tax ratio, for example, my tax grows, I get more. We focus on that first," he said.
For information, Commission XI of the DPR RI has approved the inclusion of the Draft Law (RUU) on Tax Amnesty into the 2026 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas).
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