Arie Pratama, SE, M.Ak, CPSAK, CPMA, CertIFR, CPA.
TAX MANAGEMENT
WHY TAX MANAGEMENT NEEDED?
Human Being Nature
Human never want his/her wealth reduced
If one may not pay, why I have to pay?
If one may pay smaller, why I have to pay bigger?
TAX MANAGEMENT
The effort of taxpayer to achieve optimal
fulfillments of tax obligations by:
Planning
Organizing
Actuating
Controlling
TAX MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZING
PLANNING
Set an
Set a goals and
infrastructure
actions for
and resource to
reducing tax
implement a plan
ACTUATING CONTROLLING
Lead and Review the
motivate all actions and take
actions necessary the feedback
TAX MANAGEMENT
Tax management must be:
Economy
Efficient
Effective
FACTORS AFFECTING TAX
MANAGEMENT
Difficulties of Tax Laws
Amount of Tax Payable
Negotation Cost
Detection Risk
Tax Sanction / Penalties
Taxpayer and Tax Office Morale
EXPLANATION
Difficulties of tax laws
Tax laws is sometimes difficult to apply contain
grey area, or sometimes not easy to understand,
or have too many differences with accounting
standard
Taxpayer will opt to save their time to comply to
this tax laws
Consideration : HIGH COMPLIANCE COST
EXPLANATION
Amount of tax payable
The bigger the tax payable, the higher the effort of
taxpayer to reduce it
Consideration : How to manage the progressive
income tax? IT IS A GIVEN FACTOR
Negotation Cost
To comply to tax laws, taxpayer often negotiate with
tax office or even tax consultant
If the negotation effect is higher, taxpayer will do lots
of negotiation
EXPLANATION
Detection risk
All taxpayer has different detection risk
The lower the detection risk, the higher the tax
evasion (tax fraud)
Keyword : MONITORING
Tax sanction / penalty
The lower the sanction, the taxpayer will increase
their negative attitude toward tax
EXPLANATION
Taxpayer and tax office etiquette / morale
Tax in Indonesia is still perceived as a burden
Indonesian people never feel the effect of tax, in
the economic development
Indonesian people still struggle to meet their basic
needs how they can paid tax?
Tax is not an important political instrument in
Indonesia
DAILY ACTIVITIES OF TAX
MANAGEMENT
TAX COMPLIANCE
TAX PLANNING
TAX LITIGATION
TAX RESEARCH
DAILY ACTIVITIES
TAX COMPLIANCES
Preparing tax administration / Tax system
Tax bookkeeping
Tax withholding
Tax deposit
Tax reporting
Preparing data for tax audit
DAILY ACTIVITIES
TAX PLANNING
Strategy to arrange companys accounting
and finance system, to minimize tax payable
without violating tax laws
It is a major part of tax management process
DAILY ACTIVITIES
TAX LITIGATIONS
Effort to settle any conflict in tax (usually with
tax office = SENGKETA PAJAK)
Tax conflict usually arise because there is a
difference in the intepretation between
taxpayer and tax office regarding a tax laws
Objection, appeal, correction is part of tax
litigation
DAILY ACTIVITIES
TAX RESEARCH
Process to solve a problem, find answer or
give recommendation to tax problem in
company
Determine the relevant tax facts
Identify issue related to the facts
Evaluate data and or information
Develop and construct summary and conclusion
Communicate the recommendation
TAX PLANNING STEPS
WHEN WHEN
STARTING THE CONDUCTING
BUSINESS THE BUSINESS
WHEN
CLOSING THE
BUSINESS
COMMON TAX PLANNING STRATEGIES
Tax Savings
Tax Avodiance
Delay of Tax Payment
Optimizing Tax Credit
Avoiding Tax Audit
Avoding Tax Laws Violation
INCOME QUADRANT
PROFESSIONAL
BUSINESS (B)
SERVICE (P)
INVESTOR (I) EMPLOYEE (E)
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