DJP Acknowledges Coretax System Still Faces Challenges as SPT Filings Reach 9.75 Million
The number of annual income tax return (SPT) filings continues to rise as the deadline approaches. As of Sunday (29 March 2026) at 24:00 WIB, the Directorate General of Taxation (DJP) recorded 9,751,452 SPTs submitted by taxpayers.
The majority of filings came from individual employee taxpayers, reaching 8,562,326 SPTs. This was followed by 988,464 SPTs from non-employee individual taxpayers, and corporate taxpayers consisting of 198,788 rupiah-based corporate SPTs and 140 US dollar-based corporate SPTs.
Additionally, there were filings from corporate taxpayers with different fiscal years, namely 1,713 rupiah-based corporate SPTs and 21 US dollar-based corporate SPTs.
On the other hand, activations of Coretax system accounts are also steadily increasing. Over the same period, 17,189,768 taxpayers have activated their accounts, dominated by 16,135,564 individual taxpayers. The remainder consists of 963,517 corporate taxpayers, 90,460 government agencies, and 227 digital economy taxpayers (PMSE).
DJP’s Director of Education, Services, and Public Relations, Inge Diana Rismawanti, previously stated that the number of filers would continue to grow as millions of taxpayers have yet to fulfil their obligations.
“As of yesterday, it was nearly 9.1 million. We’re still waiting for about 5 million more,” said Inge in a statement on Monday (30 March 2026).
The government has provided an extension for filing until 30 April 2026 without fines or interest penalties. This policy was implemented to give taxpayers time to adjust to the Coretax system.
The Director General of Taxation, Bimo Wijayanto, acknowledged that the new system has made the reporting process more complex because taxpayer data is now integrated and must be verified against various other databases.
“Now, every piece of data must be reconfirmed with comparative databases. So it’s indeed more detailed and complex,” he said.
In the field, several taxpayers are still facing technical issues, such as slow system performance. DJP views this as part of the adjustment process.
“This is a new system, like a newborn baby. There’s a learning curve for both users and us,” said Bimo.
Although the filing trend is increasing, DJP continues to urge the public to report their SPTs before the deadline expires. The additional time until the end of April is hoped to be utilised without incurring administrative sanctions.