The KPK is Investigating the Process of Determining Property Tax Rates from the KPP Madya to the DJP of the Ministry of Finance

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating the process of determining property tax rates from the KPP Madya to the Directorate General of Taxes of the Ministry of Finance.

“This includes how the process and mechanism work for the examination or determination of rates or values for property tax, which is processed at the KPP Madya Jakarta Utara. We are looking at how the process works at the KPP level, then at the regional office level, and also at the central office (DJP of the Ministry of Finance),” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta, Thursday.

Budi said the KPK was investigating this when examining a section head at the Directorate of Business Process Transformation of the DJP of the Ministry of Finance, with the initials TPN, then ES as a private party, and RR as an employee at the KPP Madya Jakarta Utara, as witnesses on February 25, 2026, for the investigation of a case of alleged bribery in tax audits at the KPP Madya Jakarta Utara during the period 2021-2026.

In addition, he said the KPK was simultaneously examining the suspects in the case so that the investigation file could be completed soon, so that it could be transferred to the prosecution stage.

Previously, the KPK carried out its first sting operation in 2026 on January 9-10, 2026, and arrested eight people.

The KPK stated on January 9, 2026, that the sting operation was related to alleged tax manipulation in the mining sector.

On January 11, 2026, the KPK named five people as suspects from the sting operation. They are the Head of KPP Madya Jakarta Utara, Dwi Budi (DWB), the Head of the Supervision and Consultation Section of KPP Madya Jakarta Utara, Agus Syaifudin (AGS), the Assessment Team at KPP Madya Jakarta Utara, Askob Bahtiar (ASB), tax consultant Abdul Kadim Sahbudin (ABD), and Staff of PT Wanatiara Persada, Edy Yulianto (EY).

Edy Yulianto is suspected of being the person who gave a bribe to employees of KPP Madya Jakarta Utara amounting to IDR 4 billion to reduce the payment for the outstanding property tax for the 2023 tax period, which was originally around IDR 75 billion and was changed to IDR 15.7 billion.