DGT Announces Mass Deactivation of Wives’ TINs, Here’s Why

JAKARTA. The Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) has announced the mass deactivation of wives’ Tax ID Numbers (TIN).

The measure was reported to have been implemented on Sunday (25/1). The tax authority uploaded the announcement to social media accounts, including X and Instagram, on Friday (30/1).

The DGT advised taxpayers not to panic if they find that their TIN status has suddenly changed. “The DGT has carried out a mass TIN deactivation of wives whose data are recorded as dependents in the husband’s Family Tax Unit list,” the DGT stated in the announcement, as quoted on Friday (30/1).

This step was taken to simplify family tax administration. In the tax context, a family is regarded as a single economic unit. Therefore, the tax obligations of both the husband and the wife may be fulfilled solely through the head of the family, in this case, using the husband’s TIN.

Nevertheless, in principle, the wife may still use her TIN independently or separately from her husband, provided that the wife fulfills her tax obligations separately from her husband or has separate management (MT) status.

In addition, the use of an independent TIN may also be applied where the husband and wife have entered into a separate assets (PH) agreement. If the DGT ex officio has deactivated a wife’s TIN but she wishes to adopt MT or PH status, the TIN may be reactivated through the Coretax system.