Taking Lessons from the Successful Failures of Apollo 13

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on April 11, 1970 launched Apollo 13 as the third human landing mission on the moon. At that time the rocket carrying three astronauts, namely commander James (Jim) Lovell Jr., pilot of the main plane John...

Anyone Confused How to Overcome Tax e-Forms Can’t be Opened?

What is the reason for the tax e-Form not being opened and what is the solution or how to overcome it? Submitting Annual Corporate Tax Returns (SPT) using the PDF e-Form sometimes has problems, such as the tax e-Form cannot be opened. This is very likely to happen...

A Theory of Maslow and the Boarding House Tax

There is a psychological theory “A Theory of Human Motivation” introduced by Abraham Maslow in 1943 describing the level of needs of each person in a hierarchy. There are five levels of basic needs, namely: physiological needs, needs for security, needs...

A Legend Lady Godiva Files a Lawsuit for Tax Justice

It is said that in the town of Coventry, England in the early Middle Ages, there was an Anglo-Saxon noble named Lady Godiva protesting to her husband, Lord Leofric of Mercia. The reason is, Lady Godiva considered her husband’s decision to raise taxes unfair to...

General Knowledge of Taxation

The Indonesian state has begun to apply taxes with a self-assessment system or trust to calculate the tax payable, pay off tax shortfalls, calculate the tax that has been paid, and report it yourself to the Director General of Taxes. It is undeniable that many people...

Did you know that input tax on land purchases can be credited?

The handing over of land is the handing over of Taxable Goods (BKP) as explained in the Circular Letter of the Director General of Taxes No. SE-28/PJ/2021 (“SE-28/2021”). Delivery of BKP within the customs area is a VAT object as stated in Article 4 paragraph (1)...

An Arrow That’s Called Tax Policy

More than a few years, in my friend’s office, we have been intensively building a community of various sports. My friend also helped celebrate it by joining a badminton club that was formed by young people to accommodate their desire to express their emotions...