DIGIVESTASI - The Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) of the Ministry of Finance managed to collect sales tax transaction revenue through electronic systems (PMSE) of IDR 15.68 trillion as of October 31, 2023. 

The amount came from deposits of IDR 731.4 billion in 2020, followed by deposits of IDR 3.9 trillion in 2021, IDR 5.51 trillion in 2022, and IDR 5 trillion in 2023. 

Currently, PMSE economic officials appointed as VAT collectors total 161 people, the same as the number of collectors last month. 

"The number of PMSE VAT collectors did not increase compared to last month because the government did not appoint them in October 2023," said Dwi Astuti, Director of Counseling, Services and Public Relations.

In October 2023, Dowie confirmed the government only changed the data elements in the appointment decision letter IBM Cloud International B.V. made. Tencent Music Entertainment Hong Kong. 

In order to improve the fairness and level playing field between digital economic entities and traditional economic entities, the Government will collect VAT in accordance with Government Regulation Number 60/PMK.03/2022 which regulates the appointment of PMSE economic entities. Minister of Finance. 

Based on the regulation, economic actors appointed as collectors are required to collect VAT of 11% on foreign digital products sold in Indonesia. In addition, the collector must also provide proof of VAT collection (in the form of commercial invoices, invoices, order receipts, or other similar documents that prove that VAT has been collected and paid). 

Mr. Dowi assured that the DGT will continue to provide justice and the government will continue to appoint PMSE business actors to sell products and provide digital services to Indonesian consumers from abroad.

The criteria for economic actors who can be appointed as PMSE VAT Collectors are the value of transactions with Indonesian buyers exceeding Rp600 million per year or Rp50 million per month, and/or the volume of Indonesian traffic exceeding 12,000 transactions per year. "That's more than 1,000 yen a month," he said.