Confident It Will Be Achieved: How the Directorate General of Taxes Will Boost Tax Revenue

In Jakarta, the Director General of Taxes, Bimo Wijayanto, responded to Fitch Ratings’ scrutiny of Indonesia’s fiscal conditions by stating he is optimistic that the 2026 tax revenue target can be achieved. In a media briefing at the DJP headquarters on Thursday 5 March 2026, he noted that the tax revenue trajectory has improved since early 2026. In January, net tax revenue rose 30.7% year-on-year, from Rp 88.9 trillion in January last year to Rp 116.2 trillion this year. Gross tax revenue rose 7% year-on-year, from Rp 159.1 trillion last year to Rp 170.3 trillion this year. For February, the Director General said net revenue grew 30.2% and gross 19%. “That means we are very optimistic. We will maintain this performance from the outset of the year. Hopefully the 2026 target can be reached,” he said. To achieve this ambition, the Director General emphasised that there will be no hasty chasing of taxpayers or “hunting in the zoo.” The DJP, he added, has prepared strategies of intensification and extensification. “Intensification is about preserving the existing tax base. We are also carrying out extensification for taxpayers who are already registered, but who have not reported data as recorded in the DJP system,” he said. Bimo explained that they are conducting extensification for taxpayers already registered after finding that the related taxpayers did not report data as recorded in the DJP system. “We also encourage taxpayers who previously did not pay taxes. We know there is economic activity; we confirm with SP2DK, and then they settle the taxes on the economic activities they undertake,” he said.