Ministry of Finance Releases Tax Sanction and Interest Rates for March Period

JAKARTA. Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has set the interest rates for tax administrative sanctions for the period of March 1–31, 2025.

This is stipulated in the Minister of Finance Decree (KMK) Number 3/KM.10/2025, which was issued on February 26, 2025.

In the decree, the monthly interest rate for administrative sanctions under Article 19 paragraph (1), Article 19 paragraph (2), and Article 19 paragraph (3) is set at 0.57%, lower than the previous month’s rate of 0.59%.

Meanwhile, the monthly interest rate for administrative sanctions under Article 8 paragraph (2), Article 8 paragraph (2a), Article 9 paragraph (2a), Article 9 paragraph (2b), and Article 14 paragraph (3) is set at 0.99%, up from 1.01% in the May period.

Furthermore, the monthly interest rate for administrative sanctions under the provisions of Article 8 paragraph (5) is set at 1.41%, and for Article 13 paragraph (2) and Article 13 paragraph (2a), it is set at 1.43%.

Lastly, the monthly interest rate for administrative sanctions under the provisions of Article 13 paragraph (3b) is set at 2.24%, down from the previous month’s rate of 2.26%.

The government also set the monthly interest rate for compensation interest based on the provisions of Article 11 paragraph (3), Article 17B paragraph (3), Article 17B paragraph (4), and Article 27B paragraph (4) at 0.59%, higher than the compensation interest rate in May, which was only 0.57%.

For information, these interest rates are determined by the Head of the Fiscal Policy Agency (BKF) of the Ministry of Finance on behalf of the Minister of Finance. In setting the rates, the BKF refers to the prevailing monthly benchmark interest rate. (ASP/KEN)