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    Modernizing Local Government Taxation in Indonesia
    Modernizing Local Government Taxation in Indonesia
    Modernizing Local Government Taxation in Indonesia
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    Modernizing Local Government Taxation in Indonesia

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    In Indonesia, the provincial, city, and regency governments typically rely on the central government for financial support. A shift toward the collection of their own tax revenues would strengthen local governments’ autonomy and encourage accountability to their communities. During 2015–2020, the Tax Revenue Administration Modernization and Policy Improvement in Local Governments (TRAMPIL) project, supported by the Asian Development Bank, provided technical assistance to help Indonesia’s subnational governments collect more locally sourced tax revenues. This report describes the challenges and achievements of TRAMPIL project activities. It presents TRAMPIL’s policy recommendations in the context of Indonesia’s economic and legal parameters on regional autonomy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAsian Development Bank
    Release dateMar 1, 2022
    ISBN9789292694548
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      Modernizing Local Government Taxation in Indonesia - Asian Development Bank

      MODERNIZING LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXATION IN INDONESIA

      APRIL 2022

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      DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/TCS220138-2

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      On the cover: Property tax is a principal means by which local governments raise local-source tax revenue. Thus, upgrading the property tax administration through fiscal cadastre updating is the key support of the Asian Development Bank under the Tax Revenue Administration Modernization and Policy Improvement in Local Governments (TRAMPIL) project.

      Cover design by PT Cartenz Technology Indonesia.

      CONTENTS

      TABLES, FIGURES, AND BOXES

      FOREWORD

      As Indonesia embarks on the challenging process of recovering from the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the role of local governments in ensuring that public goods and services are delivered to Indonesians in every corner of the archipelago will become even more critical.

      Integral to the fulfillment of this mandate is the need to improve the capacity of local governments to generate tax revenue from local sources. Even prior to the pandemic, a third of all local government units in the country were only able to finance 5% of their budgets with locally sourced revenue. The need to increase this ratio is even more apparent given the central government’s desire to reduce pressure on its fiscal balance.

      In line with the thrust of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support inclusive and sustainable development in Indonesia, it carried out the Tax Revenue Administration Modernization and Policy Improvement in Local Governments (TRAMPIL) technical assistance project from 2015 to 2020. Over 6 years, the TRAMPIL project analyzed the challenges in raising local tax revenue, worked with the Ministry of Finance on needed regulatory amendments, and tested several strategies to modernize tax administrations in four pilot areas: Badung, Bali; Balikpapan, East Kalimantan; Bandung, West Java; and the Special Capital Region (DKI) of Jakarta.

      The results are extremely encouraging. With improved tax administration processes, the pilot local governments were able to increase their local tax collections by an average of almost 37% from 2015 to 2018. Efforts to simplify the tax administration system, for instance, not only improved collection efficiency, but also the ease of doing business and tax compliance. The gains made and lessons learned through TRAMPIL, as outlined in this report, show viable solutions that other local governments across the country can adopt.

      With regional autonomy embedded in Indonesia’s legal, social, and political fabric, it is imperative that local governments be equipped with sufficient capacity to manage their own fiscal and development affairs. ADB is committed to continuing its strong support to the Government of Indonesia and local governments in rolling out state-of-the-art local government tax systems, toward the ultimate goal of improving the welfare of regional economies and the people of Indonesia.

      Winfried F. Wicklein

      Deputy Director General

      Southeast Asia Department

      Asian Development Bank

      PREFACE

      The purpose of this report is to help local governments in Indonesia increase their local-source tax revenue. This objective is accomplished through a review of the achievements and challenges of the Tax Revenue Administration Modernization and Policy Improvement in Local Governments (TRAMPIL) project of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which operated in Indonesia from 2015 to 2020, and through recommendations of avenues for further progress. Accordingly, the report draws on the analysis and operations carried out by TRAMPIL.

      The devolution of local government revenue-raising in Indonesia must be addressed in the context of the country’s constitutionally mandated regional autonomy and the statutory prerequisite that the central government alone is responsible for managing the fiscal and monetary policy of Indonesia as a unitary state. Consequently, local governments do not have unfettered rights to impose taxes unilaterally in whatever manner they see fit. It is within this framework that the report addresses the recent achievements of Indonesia’s local governments in their quest for greater local-source revenue mobilization and the challenges they continue to face, which will determine the extent that new local government tax initiatives can be developed in the future.

      TRAMPIL was implemented before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hit, which has created global economic uncertainty. TRAMPIL was also implemented before the Law of 1/2022 on Financial Relation Between Central and Local Government was approved by the Parliament in December 2021. For Indonesia alone, an unprecedented economic crisis brought on a real gross domestic product contraction of more than 5% in 2020. In response to the crisis, Indonesian tax authorities introduced fiscal stimuli while adjusting tax collection strategies, such as tax deferrals for a period of time without incurring penalties. Consequently, tax authorities faced significant revenue losses. Although this report is not intended to specifically address post-COVID-19 local tax policy and administration adaptation, the knowledge and operations that TRAMPIL introduced, which are presented in this knowledge report, are nevertheless highly relevant for local tax administration offices to modernize their tax administration. In this way, when the economy recovers, local tax offices will be ready for better tax data integration to enable better tax services and collection.

      To establish the macroeconomic context, Chapter 1 presents a brief outline of the aspects of central government fiscal policies that are relevant to local government revenue generation. Chapter 2 considers the historical course of constitutional and other statutory developments concerning regional autonomy and the sources of finance. That history demonstrates the tension between the drive for regional autonomy and the central government’s control of the overall economy of Indonesia.

      At the broad policy level, Chapter 3 offers a synopsis of policy proposals suggested by TRAMPIL and certain aspects of the proposed amendments to Law No. 28 of 2009 concerning local taxes and charges, which was being discussed at the inter-ministerial level during the period of TRAMPIL implementation.

      At the micro level, Chapter 3 discusses TRAMPIL achievements in four pilot local government tax administrations, the obstacles that TRAMPIL faced during the 5-year period of technical assistance, and the challenges confronting local governments as they proceed with local-source revenue generation in the future. Chapter 3 offers recommendations on how to meet those challenges.

      Chapter 4 addresses a selection of deeper policy issues considered primarily to broaden the local government revenue base over the long term, and Chapter 5 recommends how to progress from the current state of affairs. A local government tax administration model is presented, and observed variance from it in the pilot local governments is described to identify the areas of local government tax administration that require immediate attention. The analysis culminates in a set of minimum common standards for adoption by all local government tax administrations in Indonesia, to ensure that reform proceeds in a sustainable and reasonably uniform manner.

      Against this backdrop, Chapter 5 presents four options on how to advance local government revenue mobilization following the end of the TRAMPIL technical assistance. More broadly, the report advocates a greater role for the Directorate General of Fiscal Balance and for other directorates of the Ministry of Finance in local government tax reform and, due to the impact of reform on other arms of government, increased coordination and strategy formulation across ministries.

      Jakarta, 17 December 2020

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      This report is a collaborative work under the capacity development technical assistance (CDTA) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the Tax Revenue Administration Modernization and Policy Improvement in Local Governments (TRAMPIL) project, generously cofinanced by the Government of Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. Drawing from the operational experience of implementing the CDTA, this report presents knowledge and practical insights to inform stakeholders in policy and administration modernization on domestic resource mobilization. Publication of this report was sponsored by the ADB Domestic Resource Mobilization Trust Fund, with contribution from the Government of Japan.

      We thank the Directorate General of Fiscal Balance at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, DKI Jakarta Revenue Agency (Bapenda), Bapenda Badung, Bandung Revenue Management Agency, and Balikpapan Tax and Retribution Management Agency for their strong engagement and cooperation alongside the technical assistance implementation that steered the analysis of the report.

      We also thank Kevin Holmes, Paul Tambunan, and Gito Wahyudi for supporting the drafting of the report; Yurendra Basnett for overall strategy and guidance; PT Cartenz Technology Indonesia and

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