BKPM, Immigration, and the Tax Office: What You Need to Know
We’re going to assume you follow some local news. If you don’t, you should, because as an expat living and...
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DKI Jakarta to Introduce New Progressive Vehicle Tax Scheme in 2025
The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is set to implement a new scheme for vehicle tax in early 2025. The regulation...
What’s Wrong with Real Estate in Bali?
Back in 2016, Seven Stones Indonesia was one of the few property and real estate businesses in Bali that called...
Navigating Financial Challenges: Tips for the Expats
Living in Indonesia can be great fun — without compromising your financial comfort. Becoming an expatriate in Indonesia is an...
Rp150,000 Foreign Tourist Levy Imposed to Enter Bali Per 2024
The Provincial Government of Bali will collect Rp150,000 or around US$10 from foreign tourists who wish to enter the Island...
Airport Tax Increases at 11 Indonesian Airports, 16th July
The Transportation Ministry has adjusted the tariff for Aircraft Passenger Services (PJP2U), or airport tax, affecting 11 airports from 16th...
Finance Ministry Increase Value Added Tax
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has decided to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from 10 to 11 percent, taking effect...
Food For Thought: Being A Legal Digital Nomad
Revolutions are typically defined as being times of fundamental change. Most people might associate them with blood and violence to...
New Tax Rules for Digital Businesses Including Airbnb and Booking.com
The Directorate General of Taxes of the Finance Ministry has again appointed four companies that meet the criteria as collectors...
There is ‘Tax Amnesty’ Again, Note How to Register!
The second round of the tax amnesty program will begin in January 2022. This time, the tax amnesty program is...
Taxpayer Identification Number Replaced by NIK
The Director-General of Population and Civil Registration of the Home Affairs Ministry, Zudan Arif Fakrulloh, has said that, in the...
Positive Growth of 7.07 Percent, Indonesia Officially Out of Recession
The Indonesian economy has finally exited the recession. The end of the slump occurred as the Indonesian economy grew in...
Reducing the Stress with Your Property Investments
“It’s not stress that kills us, it’s our reaction to it.” This was the conclusion Hans Selye, a Hungarian-Canadian scientist,...
Cigarette Excise Increase Averages 12.5 Percent Next Year
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that she will increase cigarette excise tax by 12.5 percent next year. “This...
End of Financial Year 2020 is Coming: A Guide to Indonesia’s Tax and Payroll Compliance
It may be a cliche, but when it comes to doing business in Indonesia or anywhere else in the world,...
Here’s How to Report Cell Phones Purchased from Abroad and Avoid Getting Blocked
On 15th September, a new policy aimed at eradicating black market mobile phone sales went live. Under the new policy,...
Digital Tax for Foreign Companies Coming in July 2020
The Directorate General of Taxation (DJP), part of the Ministry of Finance, began will begin to apply a purchase tax...
New Tax Rules; Returned Goods Increases
The trend of returning goods to foreign countries from Palembang has increased following the implementation of new tax rules on...
Increase in Luxury Tax Threshold to Attract Investment
The Indonesian government has recently raised the threshold at which the luxury tax is applied. In June, President Joko Widodo...
Registering a VAT-liable Company in Indonesia
Value-added tax (VAT) applies to certain goods and services sold in Indonesia. When should you register as a VAT-liable company...
Indonesia to Impose Plastic Bag Tax
The Director General of the Finance Ministry’s Customs and Excise Department, Heru Pambudi, has announced that the Indonesian government will...