The percentage of withholding Income Tax (PPh) will be calculated based on the total income earned, in this case there are incentives or bonuses. And related to this tax deduction, the relevant company will submit a statement entitled ‘income tax deduction (month)’ through a partner application that will be submitted or given to online motorcycle taxi driver partners. In Grab’s official website, it also said that the information related to tax collection was in accordance with the Regulation of the Directorate General or Directorate General of Taxes No. 16 of 2016 concerning Technical Guidelines for Withholding, Depositing and Reporting Income Tax.
Based on the information submitted by Grab through its official website related to the delivery of information on ‘income tax deductions (months)’ which will be submitted by the company to online motorcycle taxi driver partners through the partner application, the Two Wheel Action Association (Garda) considers that applicators such as Gojek and also Grab, which oversees online motorcycle taxi drivers, is not transparent about the taxes imposed on driver-partners. Therefore, Commission V of the House of Representatives (DPR) plans to investigate the tax payment. This was also conveyed by Ari Nurprianto as Secretary General of the Guard when holding a Hearing Meeting (RDP) together with Commission V of the DPR at the MPR/DPR RI Building in 2020, that online motorcycle taxi drivers will be subject to a 6% tax of the total incentives per month. but so far there is no proof of tax payments provided by Gojek or Grab that are received by driver partners. So, in the absence of proof of the tax payment provided by the applicator to the government, it will be considered nil in terms of tax collection. The reason is, Nurahayati as Deputy Chair of Commission V of the DPR RI at that time admitted that she did not know about the scheme for collecting or depositing taxes made by the applicator to his driver-partners.
Tax Policy According to the Directorate General of Land Transportation
However, in 2020 ago, the uncertainty and confusion that online motorcycle taxi drivers complained about regarding tax cuts on the income they earned was given an explanation by Ahmad Yani as Director of Road Transportation of the Directorate General of Land Transportation. He explained that online motorcycle taxi drivers who earn more than IDR 4.5 million per month will be charged with a tax deduction. However, the income that will be deducted by this tax is income derived from bonuses given by each applicator. As for the income derived from the work fare obtained from the passengers, the tax will not be deducted.
Ahmad Yani also emphasized that driver-partners who have or do not have a Taxpayer Identification Number (NPWP) if the income earned by the driver-partner is more than Rp. 4.5 million, the tax will still be withheld. He also added that if you don’t have a Taxpayer Identification Number (NPWP), you may be charged 20% (twenty percent), while if you have a Taxpayer Identification Number, you will only be charged 5% (five percent).
However, there is still no definite policy continuation related to the imposition of taxes on online motorcycle taxi driver partners. It is hoped that there will be a bright spot for the future for driver-partners to answer all complaints related to this taxation.
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