JAKARTA - Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani said that the agency she leads continues to carry out reforms and reforms in order to improve performance achievements.
According to the Minister of Finance, one of the things that is currently the focus is efforts to digitize the national tax system.
"So if this reform must include many things, such as legislation or laws, then it (Ministry of Finance institutions) includes business processes, human resources, organizations, and the IT (technology information) sector," he said when speaking at the commemoration of Tax Day. National on Tuesday, July 19.
The Minister of Finance explained that the information technology system at the Ministry of Finance in previous periods had not been able to accommodate fast, effective, and integrated data exchange.
“Well, what is outdated in the past is that IT has not materialized. So the IT is still being developed by each office or region. That's why I used to always make jokes, in Indonesia if you do tax evasion (tax evasion) and tax avoidance (tax avoidance) you don't need to go to Cayman Island or others, just between provinces it can't be traced because (the system) is not integrated, " he said.
The statement of the state treasurer also emphasized that the policy of the Voluntary Disclosure Program (PPS) aka tax amnesty was able to achieve success thanks to the existence of a data and information exchange scheme through digital channels.
On the same occasion, the Director General (Dirjen) of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance Surya Utomo stated that currently his party is continuing to update the digital system to support service improvements so that people can fulfill their rights and obligations to the state.
He said, the new digital taxation system will be completed in 2024. Meanwhile, during the waiting period, he will continue to work on the electronicization of existing facilities.
"Since 2019 there have been 86 services to taxpayers that have been digitized. A total of 22 of them will be carried out in 2022," said Suryo.
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