Hundreds Of Million Split Stone Tax Embezzlement Case Involving The Director Of PT IMD Is Being Handled By North Jakarta Prosecutor's Office

The tax investigator handed over the suspected tax embezzler with the initials CL (center) to the North Jakarta/ANTARA District Attorney's Office

JAKARTA - The North Jakarta Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes (Kanwil DGT Jakut) has handed over the investigation into the alleged embezzlement of split stone value-added tax (VAT) by PT IMD to the local District Attorney's Office.

This step is taken to encourage employer compliance in carrying out tax obligations. The handover of the investigation was carried out on Wednesday, February 15.

Head of the Intelligence Collection Examination and Investigation (P2IP) of the North Jakarta DGT Regional Office, Selamat Muda, said that the alleged practice of embezzling VAT split stone by suspect CL as the director of PT IMD, allegedly caused state losses of approximately IDR 740,397,960. PT IMD is registered at the Jakarta Pratama Tax Service Office (KPP) Tanjung Priok.

"The suspect CL as the director is suspected of collecting tax from company transactions for a year, from January to December 2016 and during that time the suspect did not deposit the tax collection to the state," he said in a written statement in Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Thursday, February 16.

The penalty, in this case, is six years in prison for taxpayers who do not comply with their obligations, as stated in Article 39 paragraph (1) letter c in conjunction with Article 39 paragraph (1) letter i Law Number 6 of 1983 concerning General Provisions and Tax Procedures as last amended by Law Number 7 of 2021 concerning Harmonization of Tax Regulations.

In addition, tax investigators also seized the suspect's assets in the form of three plots of land in the Bogor area and the confiscation was based on the approval of the local district court.

Selamat said, the submission was made after the Directorate General of Taxes provided an opportunity for taxpayers to reveal the wrongdoing of their actions, but the taxpayers did not take advantage of it.

"This step was taken in order to provide justice for all taxpayers, justice for both taxpayers who have complied in carrying out their tax obligations and those who have not complied," said Selamat.