Noise Officials Up Moge, This Is A Tax Problem That Must Be Solved By Sri Mulyani Cs

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JAKARTA Indonesia is listed as the country with the third lowest tax ratio from 24 countries throughout Asia and the Pacific. Based on data published by OECD in the Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific 2021, the Indonesian tax ratio is only 11.6 percent or only superior to Laos and Bhutan.

Indonesia's tax revenue structure is dominated by corporate tax or corporate income. The contribution of corporate income agencies reached 32.2 percent. Meanwhile, the personal income tax or income tax performance of private people in Indonesia is still relatively minimal, which is 10 percent.

The low compliance of individual income tax can be seen from the reporting ratio of Annual SPT. In the 2020 period, non-employee SPT reports were only 52 percent and employee SPT 85 percent.

The low level of compliance with non-employee private income tax and the lack of maximum compliance with individual employee income tax can be increased through the active participation of citizens, as revealed in the January edition of the state budget minutes reported today, Monday, January 27.

To boost tax compliance, Sri Mulyani's ranks claimed to have started forming a tax center on campus and several strategic places. Then, the activities of the Ministry of Finance Teaching, and socialization to a number of local governments (Pemda).

Active participation of citizens of course requires a reliable information system. The Ministry of Finance continues to accelerate the single identity number (SIN) system through the application of the Population Identification Number (NIK) as the Taxpayer Identification Number (NPWP)," said the report.

For information, tax revenues have succeeded in exceeding the target in the last two years. In detail, the realization of tax revenue in 2021 is IDR 1,547.8 trillion or 103.90 percent of the target.

Then in 2022, tax revenues managed to record IDR 1,716.7 trillion or the equivalent of 115.61 percent of the set ceiling.

Just so you know, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani emphasized that the score for the past two years was not supported by the high tax ratio or compliance with paying taxes, but because of the stronger increase in commodity prices and national economic recovery.

Through the active participation of citizens, it is not something that can boost Indonesia's tax compliance in the future. Because residents, not only the heart of democracy, are also the driving force for tax compliance," said the APBN document.

Meanwhile, the ranks of the Ministry of Finance are now receiving widespread attention from the public regarding a tax official who is known to have jumbo assets for the size of a civil servant (PNS).

In fact, the hobby of riding a big motorbike, aka moge, has not escaped the attention of the audience. On that basis, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani ordered the disbandment of the Blasting Rijder club DGT.

"Hobi and the lifestyle of driving motorbikes raise negative perceptions of society and raise suspicions about the sources of wealth of employees," he said.

"Even if the Moge is obtained and purchased with halal money and official salary, driving and showing off motorbikes for tax officials or employees and the Ministry of Finance has violated the principles of propriety and public appropriateness," said Sri Mulyani.