Event Reports

EuroCham jointly with IFCCI recently organized a Tax Briefing for its member companies. Held on 9 November 2017, the briefing provided updates on the latest initiative by the Directorate General of Tax (DG Tax) to integrate input VAT within the Electronic Tax Invoice (e-Faktur) platform. The e-Faktur system itself is currently under continued development to allow easier tax administration by more relying on electronic data interchange between the taxpayers and the DG Tax.

The overall discussion was moderated by Mr. Sugyanto Halim from DB Schenker as the representative of Taxation Working Group and invites main speakers from the DG Tax, Mr. Novizal Kurniawan and Mr. Teguh Pamaji who provided updates and detailed explanation on the ongoing development of e-Faktur platform to also integrate input VAT. This initiative in still in the piloting stage involving only three companies but the many questions from meeting participants shows that there are a lot of interests from the private companies, waiting for this program to be fully launched.

EuroCham Energy Working Group held regular monthly meeting on 26 October 2017, which was dedicated for members only. The meeting provided policy update and further discussed EuroCham position in regards to the development in energy sector.

Led by Wichard von Harrach, Deputy for Power Generation and Renewable Energy, updates were shared about the changes on import steel and iron regulation, the draft of renewable bill, latest development of power demand and supply, and also showcased the solar captive power by individual household.

As for the position paper, more than 20 meeting participants in attendance listed down some suggestions for recommendations to be included in the document. These inputs will be further developed into the full written paper that represent European Energy Working Group share of voice.