InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — Indonesia’s Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) has taken a new step to strengthen oversight of the mineral and coal mining (minerba) and palm oil industries by promoting cross-agency data sharing and transparency. The move is aimed at improving governance in strategic sectors long considered vulnerable to state revenue leakage.
Director General of Taxes Bimo Wijayanto said the policy marks a departure from past practices characterized by fragmented and isolated data management among government institutions.
“In the past, DJP may have requested data without being willing to share it. That perception existed,” Bimo said during an event at the Tax Training Center on Thursday.
He explained that the approach has now fundamentally changed. DJP is not only requesting data from technical ministries and institutions but is also prepared to provide access to anonymized tax data in accordance with prevailing regulations.
“As long as it complies with the law, data can be shared for analytical purposes. Without taxpayer identification, it is legitimate and should not be complicated,” Bimo said, as quoted by InfoSAWIT from the Indonesian Tax Consultants Association (IKPI) on Monday (December 15, 2025).
Bimo stressed that data transparency is a critical foundation for building trust among government agencies. With integrated datasets, potential state revenue leakage—especially in complex extractive industries—can be significantly reduced.
He also highlighted persistent data inconsistencies, ranging from production reports to international trade anomalies. One recurring issue involves export volumes recorded by destination countries exceeding figures reported domestically.
Through data integration and synchronization, DJP and technical ministries are expected to ensure that tax bases and non-tax state revenues (PNBP) accurately reflect real conditions.
“With transparent and shared data, mutual trust will grow. Together, we can ensure tax and PNBP calculations are aligned. This is part of a broader effort to improve governance,” Bimo concluded. (T2)
