East Java Tax Office Blocks Simultaneously Tax Arrears Accounts

SURABAYA - The East Java II DGT Regional Office together with the East Java I DGT Regional Office carried out simultaneous blocking accounts of 2,126 tax receivables and handed over to 15 large banks in the Jakarta and Tangerang areas.

Head of the Guidance Section for Collection of the Regional Office of DGT East Java II Ali Imron said the simultaneous blocking was carried out in order to support efforts to achieve the tax revenue target and optimize collection actions in 2023.

"This simultaneous blocking is carried out by representatives of state tax confiscation interpreters from each tax service office within the East Java II DJP Office and the East Java I DJP Wilyah Office," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 17.

The blocking was carried out on taxpayers who had previously been issued and submitted a warning letter and a forced letter, but the taxpayer had no good faith to pay off the tax debt after it was due from the payment time.

"With this simultaneous blocking, it is hoped that it can provide a determinant effect on tax arrears and taxpayers who have tax debts so that they can immediately pay off them," said Ali Imron.

Tax officers have the authority to ask banks to block accounts of their customers in accordance with the provisions stated in Law Number 19 of 1997 as amended by Law Number 19 of 2000 concerning Tax Collection with a Forced Letter.

Blocking activities are the implementation of a series of instantaneous and simultaneous collections, and the implementation of the Forced Letter which is carried out in accordance with the provisions of PMK-61 of 2023 concerning Procedures for Implementing Tax Collection on the Amount of Taxes that Still Must Be Paid.