JAKARTA. The seriousness of the government to collect taxes from giants digital company like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Yahoo are still awaited. Because government has to provide legal certainty of digital companies, as well as ensure the state revenues from the digital business sector. The giant digital companies have been getting a lot of the profits of Internet users in Indonesia, mainly from the advertising business. According to Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (BRTI), the absence of Minister of Communication and Information regulation on the internet based content company or over the top (OTT) is one of the hurdles to collect taxes from digital companies Currently, the ministerial circular is the only regulation concerning digital company. “Apparently, Minister of Communication and Information regulation is facing many challenges to release ministerial regulation,” said I Ketut Prihadi, members BRTI.
Govt unsure about giant digital company taxtation
JAKARTA. The seriousness of the government to collect taxes from giants digital company like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Yahoo are still awaited. Because government has to provide legal certainty of digital companies, as well as ensure the state revenues from the digital business sector. The giant digital companies have been getting a lot of the profits of Internet users in Indonesia, mainly from the advertising business. According to Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (BRTI), the absence of Minister of Communication and Information regulation on the internet based content company or over the top (OTT) is one of the hurdles to collect taxes from digital companies Currently, the ministerial circular is the only regulation concerning digital company. “Apparently, Minister of Communication and Information regulation is facing many challenges to release ministerial regulation,” said I Ketut Prihadi, members BRTI.
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