THE DRAFT DATA PROTECTION LAW IS UNDER DISCUSSION AND EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED SOON
The protection of personal data is an interesting area of IT law, since it is generally covered in Law No. 11 of 2008 on Electronic Transactions & Information (“Law 11/2008”), and briefly mentioned in the draft e-commerce regulation.
Download read moreNEW REGULATION ON IMPORT IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
On September 2015, the Minister of Trade issued a Regulation No. 70/M-DAG/PER/9/2015 on Import Identification Numbers. The regulation came into effect on 1 January 2016 and revoked the previous API regulation:
Download read more“THIN CAPITALIZATION” BECOMES TAX UNFRIENDLY - NEW REGULATIONS
Under Article 18 (1) of Law No. 7 of 1983 on Income Tax (as lastly amended by Law No. 36 of 2008 – “Income Tax Law”), the Minister of Finance (“MOF”) is authorized to determine the debt to equity ratio (“DER”) of corporate taxpayers for the income tax calculation purposes.
Download read moreNEW PENSION AND OLD AGE SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
The Government of Indonesia has recently issued a series of regulations in an attempt to further regulate pension securities and amend the old age security programs in Indonesia,
Download read moreUPDATE ON THE OBLIGATION TO USE RUPIAH AND EXEMPTIONS
As an update to our previous Newsletter regarding Regulation No. 17/3/PBI/2015 regarding the Obligation to Use Rupiah in the Territory of the Republic of Indonesia (“BI Regulation”), Bank Indonesia (“BI”) has issued an implementing regulation regarding the mandatory use of Rupiah under BI Circular Letter No. 17/11/DKSP (“Circular 17”).
Download read more