PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA — Indonesia’s Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) has unveiled a new approach to strengthen supervision of the mineral and coal mining (minerba) sector and the palm oil industry by opening access to cross-agency data and promoting inter-ministerial data sharing. The move is aimed at improving governance in strategic sectors long considered vulnerable to revenue leakage.
Director General of Taxes Bimo Wijayanto said the policy marks a decisive break from past practices, when fragmented databases across institutions limited effective oversight and policy analysis. Previously, agencies operated in silos, relying on separate datasets that often failed to reflect real conditions on the ground.
“In the past, the perception was that DJP only asked for data but was reluctant to share,” Bimo said during an event at the Tax Training Center.
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That approach, he stressed, has now fundamentally changed. DJP is not only requesting data from technical ministries and related institutions, but is also prepared to open access to anonymized tax data in line with prevailing regulations. Such data can be used to strengthen performance analysis in both the mining and palm oil sectors.
“We are now open. As long as it complies with the rules, data can be shared for analytical purposes. Without taxpayer identification, it is legitimate and should not be made complicated,” Bimo said, as quoted by Palmoilmagazine.com from the Indonesian Tax Consultants Association (IKPI), Monday (December 19, 2025).
According to Bimo, data transparency is a critical foundation for building trust among government institutions. With interconnected databases, the risk of state revenue leakage can be significantly reduced, particularly in extractive industries that are complex and characterized by long value chains.
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He also pointed to persistent data discrepancies, ranging from mismatched production reports to anomalies in international trade. One recurring issue is export volumes recorded in destination countries that exceed figures reported domestically.
Through deeper data integration and synchronization, DJP and technical ministries are expected to ensure that tax bases and non-tax state revenues (PNBP) accurately reflect actual conditions.
“With the same, transparent data, mutual trust will grow. The mining sector will also share its data. Together, we can ensure that the bases for PNBP and taxes are aligned. This is part of a broader effort to improve governance,” Bimo concluded. (P2)
