In addition to VAT, deliveries or imports of certain manufactured taxable goods may be subject to Luxury-goods Sales Tax (LST). A particular item will only attract LST once, i.e., tax will be charged either on importation of the good or on delivery by the (resident) manufacturer to another party. LST must be accounted for every… Read More
Article 23
Article 23 income tax (PPh 23) Certain types of income paid or payable to resident taxpayers are subject to Article 23 income tax at a rate of either 15% or 2% of the gross amounts: a. Article 23 income tax is due at a rate of 15% of the gross amounts on the following: 1. … Read More
Article 22
Article 22 income tax is typically applicable to the following: Event Tax rate Tax base 1. The import of goods (except goods 2.5% Import value, i.e., CIF value plus mentioned in number 2 below) using duties payable an Importer Identifcation Number (Angka Pengenal… Read More
Article 21
Article 21 income tax (PPh 21) Employers are required to withhold Article 21 income tax from the salaries payable to their employees and pay the tax to the State Treasury on their behalf. The same withholding tax is applicable to other payments to non- employee individuals (e.g., fees payable to individual consultants or service providers). … Read More
Article 4 (2)
Article 4 (2) – final income tax (PPh Final) Resident companies, Permanent Establishments (PEs), representatives of foreign companies, organizations, and appointed individuals are required to withhold final tax from the following gross payments to resident taxpayers and PEs: 1. Rental of land and/or buildings 10% 2. Proceeds from transfers of land and building rights 5%… Read More
Introduction of Withholding Tax
Indonesian income tax is collected mainly through a system of withholding taxes. Where a particular income item is subject to withholding tax, the payer is generally held responsible for withholding or collecting the tax. These withholding taxes are commonly referred to using the relevant article of the Income Tax (Pajak Penghasilan/PPh ) Law, as follows:… Read More
Value Added Tax and Luxury Sales Tax in Batam
Batam is a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) of which most of the transactions to enter goods or services into Batam, the VAT and LST are not collected provided that the administrative requirements are fulfilled. Please refer to Section FTZ in Batam, Bintan and Karimun
Import and Self-Assessed Value Added Tax
Import VAT on goods and self-assessed VAT on the consumption or use of foreign taxable services or intangible goods should be understood in the context of the standard input-output mechanism. Because the non-resident vendor or service provider cannot charge VAT (in other words, cannot issue tax invoices) to the Indonesian buyer/importer, the Indonesian buyer/importer has… Read More
Input Value Added Tax
VAT must be accounted for to the DGT every month. Input tax for a particular tax period (month), in principle, must be claimed as a tax credit against the output VAT for the same tax period. However, the claim can still be made within three months of the end of the particular tax period if… Read More
Input and Output Mechanism for Value Added Tax
VAT liabilities are typically settled by using an input-output mechanism. A vendor of taxable goods or taxable services must typically charge VAT to the buyer. From the vendor’s perspective, it is an output tax. The buyer has to pay the VAT to the vendor. From the buyer’s perspective, it is an input tax. To the… Read More
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