Badung Regency to Sync Airbnb and Agoda Data to Curb Tax Leakage

The Badung Regency Government is preparing a new strategy to curb leakage in the Specific Goods and Services Tax (PBJT) on hospitality services, which fell short of its target last year. The move involves establishing data cooperation with global digital accommodation platforms to track real-time records of tourist stays. “If this can be properly realised, we will certainly know the data of tourists coming to Bali in general and to Badung in particular, including where they are staying. This will become our reference basis for verification, especially for revenue officers in the tax assessment division,” said Badung Regent I Wayan Adi Arnawa on Monday (6/7/2026). The digital platforms in question are online travel agents such as Airbnb, Agoda, and others, which have become the main gateway for tourists booking rooms in Badung. The accuracy of data from these applications is crucial because the digital footprint of consumer transactions, such as check-in dates and length of stay, cannot be manipulated, allowing it to be directly matched against tax reports submitted by accommodation owners to the region. “We continue to set this target based on potential, but we are not pessimistic. Behind setting a target that may exceed current realisation, this is one effort to motivate the Regional Revenue Agency to be more aggressive in collecting data on tax potential in Badung,” said Adi Arnawa. This synchronisation measure was triggered by the 2025 Regional Original Revenue realisation, which only reached slightly over IDR 8 trillion from a target of more than IDR 10 trillion, or approximately 79 percent. The failure to meet the revenue target automatically affected the overall posture of the Badung Regional Budget, particularly on regional expenditure designed to reach over IDR 12 trillion. “For example, tomorrow, if a person appears on the digital platform to have booked a room for next month, the regional revenue team can check whether that booking is recorded in the hotel’s check-in data for that month,” Adi Arnawa explained. Through this real manifest matching scheme, the government can directly detect accommodation managers who are dishonest in reporting their turnover. As a corrective measure, the Badung Government is also testing the reliability of the new Regional Government Information System to accelerate taxpayer data integration. Adi Arnawa, who previously served as the Head of the Badung Regional Revenue Agency, believes that the gap in revenue potential must be closed with valid comparative data. The revenue shortfall last year ultimately led to cuts in several planned regional spending programmes. As a result of the withholding of non-urgent projects, the Badung Regional Budget recorded a Surplus of Budget Financing of IDR 1 trillion. “I see this surplus as a form of prudence. It is better to have a surplus than to incur debt, and the development projects we planned previously can still be implemented,” Adi Arnawa stated.