Two Tax Office Officials Named Suspects in PT TPL Transfer Pricing Corruption Case

The Attorney General’s Office has revealed the roles of two officials from the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance in a transfer pricing corruption case involving PT Toba Pulp Lestari. The two individuals, identified by the initials BP and SR, have been named as suspects in the alleged corruption case concerning transfer pricing by PT TPL during the period from 2008 to 2025. The Director of Investigation at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Saiful Bahri Siregar, stated that both suspects had previously served as supervisors for the tax audit of Toba Pulp Lestari. Saiful said that based on the investigation results, TPL is suspected of conducting exports through under-invoicing. In its reporting, the export product was referred to as paper grade pulp or bleached hardwood kraft pulp.