Apindo Support Tax Plan for Online Shops

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Jakarta (Indotelko) - The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) commited to support government tax plan for e-commerce. The tax plan needed in order to get the online business tidier.

"The trade law, which regulate e-commerce business should be legitimated to make a fairness in the e-commerce business and also to protect consumers. E-commerce businesses will be taxed, but the amount of the tax itself is not yet known," Head of Trade Division of Apindo, Franky Sibarani said yesterday.

Franky revealed that most of the online transaction in Indonesia doesn't paid any tax eventhough they have transaction value as much as Rp100 trillion a year.

"Trade law regulates the electronic trading system. It said, every person or business entity who sell goods or services are required to provide complete and correct data or information," Franky said.

Previously, Association of The Indonesian Tours & Travel Agencies (Asita) also sent a request to government to make the travel online business in Indonesia is tidier, including to managed the tax, because so many local online business travel in internet.

"We saw many online travel business which has no legitimate license. This could be harm for our country. So many online travel business resulted big amount of transactions," said Chief of Asita, Asnawi Bahar.

From 71,9 million internet users in Indonesia, the online travel business only about 12%.

Head of Indonesia e-commerce association, Daniel Tumiwa said his association also support the tax plan. "In my opinion, it will be good for industry because finally we will have legal basis. But I absolutely refuse if there is any charges outside the rules. That could be burdensome," Daniel said.

As an information, e-commerce regulation has been incorporated in to the trade law. It is on chapter VIII, article 65 and 66, trade through electronic systems. If there is any further provision, it will be regulated using government rules and regulations. (ak/ss)

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