Digital Tax Reaches IDR 34.91 Trillion as of March 2025
JAKARTA. Tax revenue from the digital economy sector continues to show a positive trend. As of March 31, 2025, the total tax collected by the government from various lines of digital business reached IDR 34.91 trillion. This figure reflects the significant contribution of the digital ecosystem to state revenue.
The largest contribution came from the Value Added Tax (VAT) on Trade Through Electronic Systems (PMSE), which amounted to IDR 27.48 trillion. In addition, the government also recorded revenue from cryptocurrency taxes totaling IDR 1.2 trillion, fintech (peer-to-peer lending) taxes amounting to IDR 3.28 trillion, and taxes from government procurement transactions through the Government Procurement Information System (Sistem Informasi Pengadaan Pemerintah or SIPP) amounting to IDR 2.94 trillion.
“This amount consists of IDR 731.4 billion in payments in 2020, up to IDR 2.14 trillion in payments in 2025,” explained Dwi Astuti, Director of Extension, Services, and Public Relations at the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT), in an official release (2/5).
As of March 2025, the government has appointed 211 digital business entities as collectors of Value Added Tax (VAT) on Trade Through Electronic Systems (PMSE), with 190 actively collecting and remitting the tax. One of the latest updates involved data from Zoom Communications, Inc.
The cryptocurrency sector has also shown a steady increase in contribution. Out of the total IDR 1.2 trillion collected, the revenue consists of Income Tax Article 22 (PPh 22) amounting to IDR 560.61 billion and domestic VAT amounting to IDR 642.17 billion, all sourced from transactions on exchange platforms.
Meanwhile, tax revenue from the fintech industry contributed IDR 3.28 trillion, comprising Income Tax Articles 23 and 26 on interest from loans and VAT on services charged to service providers.
The majority of SIPP (Government Procurement Information System) taxes came from VAT, totaling IDR 2.74 trillion, with the remainder from Income Tax.
In an effort to promote fair business practices, Dwi stated that the government will continue to expand the scope of tax collector appointments to foreign digital business entities.
“To create fairness and a level playing field in business, the government will continue to appoint PMSE business entities that sell digital products or services from abroad to consumers in Indonesia,” said Dwi. (KEN)
