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Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. (ANTARA/The Directorate General of Taxes's YouTube channel/pri/rst) - 

Tax revenues until December 26, 2021, had reached Rp 1,231.87 trillion, or 100.19 percent of the target mandated in the State-Budget (APBN) for the 2021 fiscal year, according to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati.

"Until December 26, 2021, the net tax revenue amounted to Rp1,231.87 trillion. This figure is equal to 100.19 percent of the target mandated in the 2021 APBN Fiscal Year of Rp1,229.6 trillion," Indrawati said in an official statement on Monday.

The minister also lauded and thanked the work of the Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) for the achievement in 2021.

“Today is a historic day, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while the economy is still recovering, we are able to achieve 100-percent tax revenue. I express my gratitude and appreciation to DJP," she affirmed.

Indrawati remarked that the achievement of tax revenues in 2021 is a provision to fulfill the subsequent tasks of the Finance Ministry in future.

Furthermore, the DJP recorded that 138 Tax Service Offices (KPP) across Indonesia had exceeded the target of each KPP.

In addition, tax revenues in the seven Regional Offices (Kanwil) had also reached over 100 percent of the target set for each Regional Office.

The regional offices are the South Jakarta I DJP Regional Office, the Large Taxpayer DJP Regional Office, the Special Jakarta DJP Regional Office, the Central Sulawesi DJP Regional Office, the North Sulawesi DJP Regional Office, Gorontalo DJP Regional Office, and North Maluku DJP Regional Office.

The West Kalimantan DJP Regional Office, South and Central Kalimantan DJP Regional Offices, and North Jakarta DJP Regional Office were the other regional offices.

Director General of Taxes Suryo Utomo believes this success could not be separated from the participation of taxpayers and the hard work of over 46 thousand DJP employees to exceed the tax revenue target after 12 years.

However, Utomo noted that the euphoria regarding this success should not be excessive. In future, the challenge will be tougher since the APBN deficit exceeding three percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) is only permitted until 2022.

Concurrently, uncertainty triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic continues to loom large. State revenues are also demanded to be bigger to return the APBN deficit in 2023 back to below three percent of the GDP.

"Hence, the DJP will continue to evaluate the performance in 2021 to prepare for a better output in 2022. We will continue our good performance and strategies in 2022 while replacing poor performance and strategies," he affirmed//ANT