Third-party Data Incorporation for Tax Enforcement in Indonesia

Apex Consulting has been engaged by the World Bank Group to work directly with DG Tax to study and identify constraints to the accurate and timely reporting of third-party data in the present system of third-party validation; as well as recommend policy and technological options to comply with government regulations for third party validation of taxpayers’ data. In order to achieve this, the main tasks for the firm included, but were not limited to:

1. Recommend ways in which DG Tax and third parties can address constraints to the accurate and timely reporting of third-party data.
2. Bring in international expertise and evidence while making recommendations to document what has worked and what has not worked in other country settings.

iii.         Prepare a set of initiatives that can be taken to implement the recommendations to strengthen investigations, audit, and risk analysis.

1. At least 3 options with pros and cons will be given to DG Tax so that the institution can have more alternatives to select with greater confidence.

Country: Indonesia