Indonesia tax offices open in Saturdays for tax amnesty services

Jakarta, InfoPublik - Starting on Aug. 6, all of tax offices across Indonesia had extended their working days by opening in Saturdays to serve taxpayers who wanted to use tax amnesty opportunity.

The Directorate General of Taxation’s (DGT) education, service, and public relations director Hestu Yoga Saksama said that the extension was important due to the short period of the tax amnesty program by only nine months.

“In addition, the first phase in the period provides the lowest tariff by only two percent from the value of net assets. But, it lasts less than two months. In other words, it will end on Sep. 30,” he said in Jakarta, Monday (8/7).

Therefore, he continued, DGT had instructed all of tax offices to open in Saturdays to anticipate taxpayers’ enthusiasm on the program.

In accordance with the instruction, the tax offices are open from Monday to Friday at 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in local time. And in Saturdays, the offices are open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in local time.

“We hope the taxpayers will be more convenient and use tax amnesty immediately,” he said.

He revealed the tax amnesty monitoring dashboard showed that the public enthusiasm in using tax amnesty is increasing every day.

In the last week, the tax offices recorded about 1,000 declarations. Therefore, he hoped the working days extension in Saturdays can meet public’s enthusiasm.

In addition, the offices had opened special hotline for tax amnesty services at phone number 1 500 745 and DGT call center at phone number 1 500 200 also available in Saturdays. (Translator: Filmon Warouw)