Indonesia’s government has announced a relief package to mitigate the effects of the upcoming VAT increase to 12%, set to take effect on 1 January 2025. Earlier, Indonesia’s Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati confirmed that the VAT rate

Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance introduced Regulation No. 79 of 2024 (PMK 79) regarding the tax treatment of joint operations on 28 October 2024. The joint operations are classified into two categories based on their tax requirements: those

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has approved a plan on 6 December 2024 to increase the value-added tax on luxury goods by one percentage point to 12% in 2025, according to Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, the deputy speaker of parliament. Starting 1

Papua New Guinea’s Department of the Treasury has presented the 2025 Annual Budget to the Parliament on 29 November 2024. The budget totals PGK 28,357 million, which is PGK 980 million larger than the 2024 budget of PGK 27,377

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has announced that Papua New Guinea has officially signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (CRS-MCAA) on 26

The Philippines government is reportedly planning to enter into negotiations to revise the 1981 tax treaty with Indonesia, the 1982 tax treaty with Malaysia, and the 1977 tax treaty with Singapore. The agreement between the Philippines and