Over the past few years, many tax consultants have assisted taxpayers in complying with tax reporting in Indonesia. As described in the Regulation of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia Number 111/PMK.03/2014 Article 1, a Tax Consultant is a person who provides tax consulting services to taxpayers in the context of exercising their tax rights and fulfilling their tax obligations in accordance with tax laws and regulations.

The existence of a tax consultant itself helps many businessman to implement tax regulations in Indonesia. Meanwhile, taxation is a highly complex field and taxpayers might need more time to understand the taxation system in Indonesia.

 

In its implementation, the tax consultant has several tasks that go hand in hand to assist the implementation of tax regulations in Indonesia. Some of the roles are first regarding tax compliance or tax compliance. Tax consultants help businesses to comply with tax regulations in Indonesia. Assisting companies in carrying out their tax compliance. One of the tax compliance that must be undertaken is for example by paying Income Tax and VAT regularly every month. Especially when a company does not pay taxes on time, sanctions can be sent to the company.

To maximize the company's role in carrying out its duties as taxpayers, a tax consultant in the field of tax compliance can help taxpayers to maximize their obligations. Moreover, during this pandemic, there were several regulations in Income Tax and VAT that were updated by the government. When taxpayers do not understand new regulation, then tax compliance cannot be maximized. Tax consultants have their own forum to discuss tax regulations in Indonesia. So that if there is a change in the regulation, the tax consultant can immediately find out and inform clients.

According to data from the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, Directorate General of Taxes, Secretariat of the Directorate General of Taxes as of March 11, 2016, and the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2017, the number of tax consultants in 2016 was 3,231. Meanwhile, the total population of Indonesia is 258,705,000. This means that the number of tax consultants alone is less than 1% of the total population of Indonesia. This number, which has quite a large difference, certainly affects tax compliance assistance in Indonesia.

Whereas the tax consultant itself is a partner of the government to provide tax education to the public. Because not all taxpayers have the time to fully understand all tax regulations. Taxpayers must choose the best tax consultant to maximize their role in complying with tax regulations in Indonesia and avoiding sanctions that might arise.

With the number of tax consultants only totaling 3,231, of course, taxpayers must choose the best tax consultant with years of experience. MUC Consulting is a trusted public consultant with 21 years of experience since 1999.

Having one of its brand in Surabaya, MUC consulting has assisted many taxpayers in carrying out their duties. Starting from tax compliance, tax disputes, to transfer pricing, MUC has become a partner for hundreds of companies with taxation authorities. Affiliated with the MSI Global Alliance, which is the leading international association for accounting and law firms with 250 selected members from more than 100 countries including America, Southeast Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

MUC Consulting can be an alternative for taxpayers or business people to comply with tax regulations considering there are many changes in regulations during the pandemic. Tax consultant will assist clients to understand and comply to the regulation thus clients can focus on running the business optimally. The presence of a tax consultant during the pandemic can be a symbiosis of mutualism between taxpayers and the tax authorities themselves. By paying taxes on time, it will certainly increase tax revenue in Indonesia.