The Indonesian Directorate General of Taxes has added a further two foreign entities to the VAT on digital services Trading Through the Electronic System scheme. This takes the total to 83 non-resident providers of digital or e-services to Indonesian consumers. So far, the DG has announced 13 rounds of adding new providers.
VAT Calc’s global VAT and GST on digital services blog keeps a live update on how countries are imposing indirect taxes on non-resident providers and electronic marketplaces.
Indonesia introduced VAT on digital services from foreign providers and facilitating marketplaces on 1 August 2020. This included a two-test VAT registration threshold: Turnover of IDR600m per year; and, or over 12,000 Indonesian customers.
The current VAT rate in Indonesia is 10%.
Asia Pacific VAT on digital services
Comments (click for details) | Rate | Date | Threshold | Comments |
Australia | 10% | Jul 2017 | AUD $75,000 | |
Azerbaijan | 12% | Jan 2017 | – | |
Armenia | 20% | Jan 2022 | AMD 115million | |
Bangladesh | 5% - 15% | Jul 2019 | – | B2B and B2C |
Bhutan | 7% | Jul 2021 | Nu 5million | |
Cambodia | 10% | Mar 2022 | KHR 250m | |
China | 6%-13% | N/a | Nil | Withholding VAT; B2B and B2C |
Fiji | 9% | TBC | FJD 300,000 | |
India | 18% | Jul 2017 | - | |
Indonesia | 11% | Aug 2020 | IDR600m or 12k customers | |
Japan | 10% | Oct 2015 | JPY 10 million | |
Kazakhstan | 12% | Jan 2022 | Nil | |
Kyrgyzstan | 12% | Jan 2022 | Nil | |
Laos | 7% | Feb 2022 | LAK 400m | |
Malaysia | 6% | Jan 2020 | RM500,000 | |
Nepal | 13% | Jul 2022 | Rupees 2m | Also 2% DST |
New Zealand | 15% | Oct 2016 | NZD 60,000 | |
Pakistan | 2% | Sep 2021 | Nil | Marketplace Withholding VAT |
Palau | 10% | Jan 2023 | $300,000 | |
Philippines | 12% | Jan 2024 ? | P 3million | |
Singapore | 7% | Jan 2020 | S$ 100,000 | |
South Korea | 10% | Jul 2015 | Nil | |
Taiwan | 5% | May 2017 | NTD 480,000 | |
Tajikistan | 18% | Jan 2021 | ||
Thailand | 7% | Sep 2021 | 1.8m Baht | |
Uzbekistan | 15% | Jan 2020 | Nil | |
Vietnam | 10% | Dec 2020 | – |