PKB Calls The Attitude Of PDIP Mencla-mencle Regarding The 12 Percent VAT Increase

Chairman of the PKB faction of the DPR RI Jazilul Fawaid (Nailin/VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the PKB faction of the DPR RI, Jazilul Fawaid, questioned the PDI-P's attitude which was considered 'wind-in' in response to the increase in value-added tax rates (VAT) from 11 percent to 12 percent as of January 1, 2025. In fact, the role of PDIP regarding the increase in VAT 12 percent is very large.

Because according to Jazilul, the political party led by Megawati Soekarnoputri is the initiator and leads the Working Committee (Panja) of the Law (UU) on Harmonization of Tax Regulations (HPP) as the forerunner of the 12 percent increase in VAT.

"In my opinion, PDIP has a attitude to declare mencle. PDIP, which initially initiated this, satisfactorily and led the Working Committee on the HPP Law, so it was decided to increase VAT by 12 percent, how come it's back now, it even seems to attack the policy," said Jazilul, Monday, December 23.

The deputy chairman of the DPR RI's Budget Agency assessed that the change in PDIP's attitude seemed strange as if it had attacked President Prabowo Subianto's leadership. Even though PDIP is the initiator.

"Surprisingly, at the time of President Prabowo's leadership, how come the PDIP's attitude changed and disagreed with the law that had been fought for itself," said Jazilul.

Jazilul hopes that the polemic of the 12 percent increase in VAT will not trigger a negative impact on the performance of the national economy in the era of President Prabowo Subianto. This is because the current economic policy has gone through careful consideration and study.

It is known that the HPP Law, which became the basis for the 12 percent increase in VAT, during the discussion of the draft law, was processed in the Panja Bill chaired by the Deputy Chairman of Commission XI of the DPR at the PDIP Faction at that time, Dolfie Onniel Fredric Palit.

In the first level discussion at Commission XI of the DPR with the government, as many as eight factions agreed that the bill was brought to a plenary session of the DPR to be ratified. The HPP Bill is expected to be an important component in tax reform, especially in the direction of a fair, healthy, effective, and accountable tax system.