DPR Member Said Abdullah Urges Improvements to Core Tax System
He stated that before the technology system is implemented, there should be security tests, traffic tests, and various other technical tests. This is to ensure that the system is reliable for release and public use.
“If there are repeated usage obstacles, I worry that taxpayer compliance for tax reporting will decline due to the prepared system’s constraints,” Said said in a written statement on Thursday (30/4/2026).
In fact, according to Said, tax revenue is currently a crucial backbone. Taxes support the financing of government programmes and development.
“If taxpayer compliance decreases due to system constraints, tax revenue will naturally decline. Yet we are facing challenges in achieving this year’s tax revenue targets due to geopolitical factors impacting the domestic economy,” he explained.
“Why isn’t maintenance carried out at night? Doesn’t the banking world often perform system maintenance at night? Isn’t that a common protocol shared among institutions? Or is this not about system maintenance, but rather the system itself has weaknesses, with no contingency plan prepared, or the contingency plan is inadequate?” he continued.
He also hopes that the Finance Minister can involve relevant agencies or professionals to audit the system, detect weaknesses, and fix them, so that similar incidents do not recur.
Said noted that today, 30 April 2026, is the last day for submitting SPT returns. There are still 3.3 million taxpayers who have not submitted their SPT, despite a one-month extension from the original 31 March 2026.
“If the system errors, they are hindered from submitting SPT, and if they do not submit, various sanctions await. If the system is the one that errors, it is certainly not entirely their fault,” he stated.
He hopes for attention from the Directorate General of Taxes so that taxpayers can still submit, for example, by granting a one-day extension due to IT system constraints. According to him, if corporate SPT can be up to 31 May 2026, there would be no issue with a one-day or even one-week extension for individual taxpayers.
“So that the strategic policy is maximised, tax revenue can meet targets, the technical policy uses Core Tax. If Core Tax has problems, it should not disrupt the strategic policy targets, so it is best to postpone; the Directorate General of Taxes should just regulate the technical timing, so that the number of taxpayers submitting SPT can exceed 15 million and support state revenue,” he concluded.