Two Years Of Action Three Counterfeiters Of Tax Invoice Losing The State Rp. 8.2 Billion

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JAKARTA - Three tax evasion suspects have been transferred to the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office. The state losses they have caused reached IDR 8.2 billion.

The Head of Intelligence and Investigation Billing Investigation (Head of P2IP), Hari Hermawan explained, in the action, the three suspects, David Zulfikar, Wahyu Sidarta, and Ikshan Aras used the mode of issuing fictitious tax invoices through PT Suruli Tahur Jaya (STJ).

"Through PT STJ, in the period January 2010 to 2012, it is strongly suspected of having committed a criminal offense in the field of taxation, namely having issued and or using tax invoices that are not based on actual transactions," said Hari in Jakarta, Thursday, January 30.

In addition, in carrying out their actions, the suspects used another party's Taxpayer Identification Number (NPWP) to make or issue tax invoices. So far, there are 20 companies that have used the services of the suspects.

However, the actions of the suspects can be uncovered when investigators discover irregularities in the annual notification letters (SPT) of companies using the suspect's services. So, an investigation was carried out to find a bright spot.

The investigation also points to the perpetrators as the tax invoice issuer. Furthermore, the inspection continues to the dozens of these companies.

"So, we have also summoned the users, we are processing them. And from there we can prove that the suspect is," said Hari.

Meanwhile, after the disclosure of the actions of the suspects, the companies that used their services immediately repaired their tax returns and paid taxes according to the amount they should have. However, some of them are still paying it off.

"Currently, 15 companies have corrected SPT, only five have not," said Hari.

For this act, the suspects were charged under Article 39 letter a juncto 39 paragraph 1 letter b juncto article 43 paragraph 1, Law (UU) Number 6 of 1983 concerning General Provisions and Tax Procedures as amended by Law Number 16 of 2009 juncto Article 64 Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code with a maximum imprisonment of six years and a maximum fine of six times in the tax invoice.

Investigators at the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes (Kanwil DJP) of East Jakarta have now transferred the suspects and evidence to the DKI Jakarta High Court, Wednesday, January 29. So, the suspects will immediately undergo the trial process.