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Tax office calls on Google to submit files for tax probe
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Batik prints beautify Google's logo at the Google Indonesia headquarters in this file photo. (Kompas.com/Oik Yusuf)
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he directorate general of taxation has called on Google to submit its financial documents as part of the government’s probe into the technology giant’s taxes, with estimated arrears of US$400 million.
According to the tax office’s calculations, Google has to pay tax arrears including penalties for its five years of operations in Indonesia. However, Google said its tax arrears amounted to only $30 million.
"We want Google to be cooperative, and we are still waiting for the documents," tax office spokesman Hestu Yoga Saksama said in Jakarta on Tuesday.
He said the tax authority had data regarding Google’s business transactions that, according to Indonesian law, should have been subject to taxation, including advertising payments from Google clients.
Hestu added that Google and the Jakarta Tax Office had met several times. "The matter is handled by the Jakarta Special Office, they report to us or directly to the ministry when they have any update," he said. (ags)
