Purbaya Reveals New Issues in CoreTax System, Problematic Vendors Secretly Reinstated

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa stated that his ministry will evaluate the CoreTax system. Speaking at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Friday (27/3/2026), Purbaya said the government has identified new issues in the management of the CoreTax system that require internal improvements. In the evaluation, Purbaya revealed the presence of service vendors that had previously been terminated due to slow performance but were reinstated without official approval.

“In CoreTax, there are suddenly reports again that it’s spinning around, even though it had disappeared before; apparently, there are naughty elements in our midst. There’s a contract with a vendor that we had already stopped because of its slow service, and it’s been sneaked back in,” said Purbaya.

He also assessed that the initial design of CoreTax is not fully user-friendly. He explained that the system should directly connect with the public. However, in practice, there are additional application layers that make the process more complex.

Furthermore, Purbaya said he recently learned of certain parties exploiting the additional intermediary layers or interfaces to provide services to large companies.

“This CoreTax design is a bit odd. It should have been made with a direct interface to the public from the start to make it easy. But it turns out it was made somewhat complicated so that in the middle, there’s a self-made interface application. This is being sold to large companies. I just found out,” he clarified.

Purbaya said the government is currently prioritising the stability of CoreTax services to ensure smooth tax reporting processes. After the reporting period ends, the Ministry of Finance plans to carry out comprehensive improvements.

“We first secure all the CoreTax elements that have obstacles, then I’ll clean up this one, the interface space that was deliberately created,” added Purbaya.