Executive Director of ICT Watch, Donny B.U. Related talk helped Google's tax debate in Indonesia. According to Donny, although Google is incorrect, but the government should not directly block them.
The reason, Google is a platform that is used by many people in Indonesia. Blocking these platforms will make a lot of people, especially those who live on the internet, affected.
As is known in the present, many people who earn their living by uploading video content to YouTube and put an ad on the content. YouTube itself is a platform owned by Google.
"(If it is blocked) yes definitely can not use Gmail, googling, and watching YouTube. Of course remains to be the best solution, which is the minimum necessary have an adverse impact to the community, "said Donny when contacted Bojez Creative, Friday (16/09/2016).
On the other hand, the government must also be firm against these tax issues. Follow-blocking could be taken after various other efforts and it did not work.
According to Donny present a business and obtain income from individuals or other companies in Indonesia is obliged to pay taxes. If the polemics in the case of corporate taxation, the government should examine the tax component which has or has not adhered to these companies.
"(Problem rejection of the investigation) I do not know. The tax component of many. Perhaps there are parts that have been paid, but Directorate General (DG) Taxation want to check out the other part, "Donny said.
"Even if there is an option to block, then it could be a decision that requested its adoption by the court. Previous first consultation with Parliament, "he concluded.
To note, Google Indonesia reportedly refused to be examined by the Directorate General of Taxation. Not knowing the reason for the refusal.
Furthermore, the Directorate General of Taxation said it would conduct a deeper investigation for indications of tax violation. The investigation is expected to be done by the end of September.
"We will enhance the investigative stage because they refused to be interrogated. This is an indication of a criminal offense, "said Head of the Regional Office of Directorate General of Tax Special Jakarta, Muhammad Hanif.
The tax issue was already of concern to the government since the past few years. Google Indonesia is considered not pay taxes, either because they have not become a permanent establishment (BUT).
In other words, Google Indonesia is not a taxpayer. Its presence in Indonesia only as a representative office only, so that the business transactions that occurred in the country do not affect all state revenues.
In fact, the advertising business transactions in the digital world (which is Google's business fields) in 2015 alone reached 850 million US dollars, or around Rp 11.6 trillion.
According to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, wrapped up in January, 70 percent of the value of global Internet company that dominated (OTT) operating in Indonesia, including Google.
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