#Investment

Indonesia's Global Competitiveness Falls to 48th, Behind Malaysia and Vietnam

Indonesia dropped to 48th place in the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking (WCR) 2026, trailing Malaysia and Vietnam. Here's what drove the decline.

Jun 30, 2026

BI Raises Benchmark Rate to 5.50% Amid Rupiah and Inflation Concerns

BI has officially raised its benchmark interest rate to 5.50% to strengthen the rupiah, maintain inflation stability, and enhance investment appeal.

Jun 25, 2026

Indonesia’s Economic Growth Slows to 5.04% in Q3 2025

BPS recorded that Indonesia’s economy grew by 5.04% in the third quarter of 2025, supported by household consumption and service sectors such as education and trade. The growth rate slightly slowed from the previous quarter but still indicates economic stability amid global challenges.

Nov 6, 2025

Calculate Your Deposit Earnings, Check the Tax Implications

Deposits offer attractive interest rates, but there is final income tax you need to pay attention to. This article covers the rates, DHE incentives, withholding mechanisms, and tax obligations in full.

Oct 3, 2025

Beyond Tax Amnesty: Purbaya Eyes Targeted Incentives for Repatriation

Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa is currently reviewing the provision of tax incentives as an alternative to a tax amnesty to encourage the repatriation of Indonesian citizens’ funds from abroad.

Sep 20, 2025

Consumption Weakens, Indonesia's Economic Growth in the Third Quarter Only Reached 4.94%

Indonesia's economic conditions began to slow down. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) noted that Indonesia's economic growth in the third quarter of 2023 was only 4.94% on an annual basis or Year-on-year (YoY), lower than the growth in the previous quarter which reached 5.17%.

Nov 6, 2023

ASEAN Countries To Anticipate Impact of Global Minimum Tax Implementation

ASEAN countries consider that the impact of the implementation of the global minimum tax initiated by the G20 and OECD must be anticipated before it is actually implemented in 2024.

Aug 28, 2023

Minister of Investment Questions The Global Minimum Tax Implementation

 Investment Minister or Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia questioned the implementation of the global minimum tax rule of 15% since it affects the development of investment in Indonesia. 

Aug 22, 2023

Realization is Still Low, DGT Follows Up Investment Commitment of VDP Participants

The Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) will follow up on the implementation of the Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP), especially regarding investment and repatriation commitments, whose deadline has expired on 30 September 2022.

Oct 10, 2022

Minimum Tax Rules to Squeeze Investment of Multinational Companies Up to 2%

Jun 13, 2022

Attracting Investors, Government Cuts Tax on Bond Interest to 10% Final

This rate reduction was carried out to attract investors in the domestic bond market. In addition, so that the income tax rate on bond interest for domestic taxpayers and permanent establishments is in line with the applicable rate for foreign taxpayers other than permanent establishments, which was previously also lowered to 10%.

Sep 6, 2021

SWF Taxation Mechanism Released, A Number of Tax Incentives Offered

Feb 23, 2021

Tax Holiday Realization Deadline To Be Trimmed

The Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) will cut the period of investment realization that gets tax exemption facilities or tax holiday. 

Jan 27, 2021

The Inconsistency Between New Stamp Duty Tariff and Capital Market Policy

Dec 24, 2020

Government to Launch Indonesia's Sovereign Wealth Fund

The government has officially established the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) or it is called Nusantara Investment Authority (NIA). This is a mandate of Law Number 11 on Job Creation.

Dec 18, 2020

Affected by Covid-19, Investment Realization of Second Quarter Down 4.3%

Unlike the second quarter, the realization of investment figures during the first semester or the accumulation of the first quarter and second quarter still showed a positive growth of 1.8% compared to the first semester of 2019 to IDR 402.6 trillion. 

Jul 22, 2020

World Bank Ranks Indonesia Into an Upper-Middle Income Country

Based on the latest classification by the World Bank released Wednesday (1/7), there are six countries whose status has been upgraded, one of which is Indonesia. The World Bank has decided to improve Indonesia's rank from a lower-middle to a upper-middle income country. The rank increase was based on the Indonesian Bank assessment of GNI per capita Indonesia in 2019 which rose to USD 4,050 from the previous position of USD 3,840. 

Jul 3, 2020

Amid Pandemic Pressure, BKPM Calls Realization of Investment Grows by 8%

The Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) announced the realization of Indonesia's investment in the first quarter of 2020, growing by 8% from the same period last year (year on year), to IDR 210.7 trillion

Apr 21, 2020

Considering the Logic of Corporate Tax Trimming Amid Pandemic

The government finally trimmed the corporate tax rate. The Corporate Income Tax (CIT) is gradually lowered from 25% to 22% in 2020-2021 and becoming 20% starting from 2022.

Apr 7, 2020