Indonesia announces relief to ease 2025 VAT hike impact
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
See MoreIndonesia publishes guidance on joint operations tax
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
See MoreIndonesia to raise VAT rate on luxury goods
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
See MorePhilippines plans to revise tax treaties with Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
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
See MoreIndonesia to implement planned 12% VAT rate increase in 2025Â
Indonesia's Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, has confirmed that the country will increase its standard VAT rate from 11% to 12%, effective 1 January 2025. The VAT adjustment aligns with the nation's Tax Regulation Harmonization Law,
See MoreIndonesia extends tax holiday for key industries, adapts global minimum tax
Indonesia has issued Regulation No. 69 of 2024, extending the tax holiday incentives for pioneer industries as outlined in Regulation No. 130/PMK.010/2020. Regulation No. 130/PMK.010/2020 replaces Regulation No. 150/PMK.010/2018 and extends
See MoreIndonesia: Central Bank lowers interest rate, first cut in three yearsÂ
The Board of Governors of Indonesia’s Central Bank (Bank Indonesia) lowered the interest rate by 0.25% to 6.00% yesterday, 18 September 2024. The central bank also reduced the Deposit Facility (DF) rate and Lending Facility (LF) rate by 0.25%
See MoreLatvia considering signing tax treaty with Indonesia
Latvia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a release expressing its interest in signing an income tax treaty with Indonesia. Officials from Latvia and Indonesia met on 5 September 2024, during which both parties ​​discussed bilateral
See MoreIndonesia; Switzerland IPA enters into force
The Investment Protection Agreement 2022 (IPA) between Indonesia and Switzerland went into force on 1 August, 2024. The new IPA addresses the contractual void left by the termination of the 1974 IPA between Indonesia and Switzerland on 8 April,
See MoreIndonesia, GCC announce launch of FTA negotiations
Indonesia’s Minister of Trade, Zulkifli Hasan, and Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, launched the Indonesia-GCC Free Trade Agreement (I-GCC FTA) negotiations on 31 July, 2024. The event was marked
See MoreNetherlands publishes synthesised text of tax treaty with Indonesia under BEPS MLIÂ
The Netherlands’ Ministry of Finance has released the synthesised text of the tax treaty with Indonesia providing clarifications regarding the impact of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion
See MoreIndonesia updates 2024 CRS participating, reportable jurisdictions lists
Indonesia's Directorate General of Taxes recently issued Announcement No. 2/PJ/2024, detailing the list of participating and reportable jurisdictions for the automatic exchange of financial account information under the Common Reporting Standard
See MoreIndonesia releases revised guidelines for transfer pricing
On 29 December 2023, Indonesia’s Minister of Finance (MoF) released the revised transfer pricing guidelines Regulation No. 172 of 2023 (PMK-172). The updated and consolidated transfer pricing regulations in various chapters, such as: General
See MoreIndonesia: Procedures for Valuation for Tax Purposes
To provide greater justice and legal certainty in respect of the implementation of valuation in the fields of Income Tax, Value Added Tax, Land and Building Tax, and Tax Collection using Distress Warrants, on August 24, 2023, the Indonesian Minister
See MoreIndonesia: Income Tax of Benefits and In-kind
The new era of income tax treatment of benefits and in-kind in Indonesia is marked by the issuance Law of The Republic of Indonesia Number 7/2021 concerning Harmonization of Tax Regulations (HPP Law). Amendments to the Income Tax Law contained in
See MoreIndonesia announces tax incentives to encourage investment in Nusantara
Indonesia issued Government Regulation No. 12 of 2023 (GR 12/2023) to facilitate the process of doing business in the new capital and to encourage companies to invest in Nusantara. The regulation aims to provide more security, opportunity and
See MoreIndonesia: DGT confirms to implement pillar two GloBE rules from 2024
The Director of International Taxation of the Directorate General of Taxes has confirmed that Indonesia is planning to implement the Pillar Two GloBE Rules from 2024. On 1-3 March 2023, the Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia including
See MoreIndonesia publishes regulation providing authorization to implement BEPS pillar two
On 20 December 2022, Indonesia published Government Regulations No. 55 of 2022 with provisions to implement the OECD's two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitization of the economy. This includes authorizing the
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