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View all search resultsIndonesia racks up $2.6b in digital taxes since 2020
Five companies were newly appointed as digital tax collector in October, including gaming giant Roblox Corporation, Notion Labs Inc., Mixpanel Inc., MEGA Privacy Kft and Scorpios Tech FZE.
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Game time: Students play the online game Roblox on Wednesday during the Edublox extracurricular activity at Solo Technopark in Surakarta, Central Java. The Roblox online extracurricular game program for junior high school students, initiated by the Surakarta city government and Solo Technopark (STP), aims to enhance children’s creativity and provide positive digital education, transforming it into a modern, technology-based learning medium. (Antara/Mohammad Ayudha)
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ndonesia’s tax office reported that state revenue from the digital economy has reached Rp 43.75 trillion (US$2.6 billion) since 2020, as online purchases, financial-technology services and crypto asset trading continue to expand.
The Directorate General of Taxation (DJP) said the figure reflects combined receipts from four main channels: value-added tax (VAT) on digital goods and services sold through electronic systems (PMSE), taxes on crypto asset transactions, taxes on peer-to-peer (P2P) lending and taxes collected through the government procurement information system (SIPP).
VAT from PMSE platforms contributed the largest portion, amounting to Rp 33.88 trillion, followed by Rp 4.19 trillion from fintech lending, Rp 3.92 trillion from SIPP-collected taxes and Rp 1.76 trillion from crypto asset taxes.
DJP spokesperson Rosmauli said the government would continue strengthening oversight of digital economy taxation to ensure fairness and effectiveness.
“The Rp 43.75 trillion realization reaffirms that the digital economy has become one of the key drivers of state revenue,” Rosmauli said in a written statement on Wednesday.
As of October, the government had appointed 251 companies as PMSE VAT collectors. Of these, 207 platforms have actively collected and remitted digital VAT.
Five companies were newly appointed in October, including gaming giant Roblox Corporation, Notion Labs Inc., Mixpanel Inc., MEGA Privacy Kft and Scorpios Tech FZE.
