Government Seeks New Tax Sources, Rental Properties to Be Targeted

The government will continue to broaden the tax base to optimise state revenue, particularly from groups of taxpayers deemed not to have fully met their tax obligations.

Director of Budget Formulation at the Directorate General of Budget, Ministry of Finance, Rofyanto Kurniawan, said one focus of broadening the tax base is people who own more than one property and earn income from house rental activities.

“Regarding taxation, we are certainly striving to broaden the tax base. Sectors or groups whose tax payments are not yet optimal will be optimised,” Rofyanto said during a Public Consultation on the Draft Law on the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (RUU APBN) 2027 on Thursday (6/8/2026).

According to Rofyanto, owning more than one house has the potential to generate additional income from rental activities. This income is one of the potentials that can be optimised in efforts to broaden the tax base.

“For example, if someone owns more than one house, it is impossible for all of them to be occupied. There must be some that are rented out or leased,” Rofyanto continued.

In addition to broadening the tax base, the government will also strengthen tax compliance through increased synergy with various ministries and agencies. Inter-agency data integration is considered important to provide a more complete picture of taxpayers’ economic activities.

With more integrated data support, the government hopes that the process of monitoring and mapping tax potential can be carried out more effectively and accurately.

At the same time, the government is also continuing to refine the Coretax system as the backbone of national tax administration. The system is expected to support more comprehensive tax data processing and analysis.

“The government is currently developing Coretax, and we continue to improve and refine it so that it can conduct thorough tax data analysis,” Rofyanto explained.

According to him, integrating tax data with various economic indicators will make it easier for the government to benchmark taxpayer profiles. With an increasingly complete database, the potential for state revenue from the tax sector is expected to continue to increase.

“It is hoped that if we conduct benchmarking and the taxpayer data is complete, supplemented with economic data, our tax revenue can be more optimal,” he said.