Jakarta, Aktual.com – Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro ensure data that had by the Directorate General of Taxation (DJP) to assess the tax payer’s assets at abroad, not from the investigation report regarding the law firm in Panama (“Panama Papers”).
“I emphasize that we have the data while it is not coming from there,” he said when met at the Central Office of DJP Jakarta, Tuesday (5/4).
Bambang explained DJP’s data comes from official data of the tax authorities of the G20 countries, but does not close the possibility of the government using information from “Panama Papers” as comparative data.
“Obviously we examine this data, we’ll see if valid, then we also check for consistency with the data that we have,” he said.
Bambang said the government would trace the ownership of the assets of the taxpayer of abroad that has not been reported officially, to look for potential tax revenue and as part of the preparation of tax amnesty policy.
“We want to search for assets owned by Indonesia people, whether it be in the form of money, whether in the form of fixed assets that have not been reported in the tax return. That is the focus of the DJP this year,” he said.
Director of Counseling Services and Public Relations Directorate General of Taxation Mekar Satria Utama adds information of “Panama Papers” could be additional data to explore the potential of new taxes, if the data are offered absolutely guaranteed validity.
Mekar ensure the tax investigation process, the DJP does not just on the data, but also confirmation to the taxpayer related assets in order to obtain more accurate information.
“If there is data that we know, for example, company X held overseas transactions, indicating there is income or gains from the sale of stock, we always confirm with the taxpayer concerned,” he said.
However, if in the process of clarification, the taxpayer can not provide information more clearly, and do not want to correct the data in the Notice (SPT) Annual, we then performed the examination stage.
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