Indonesia sets 2027 for first crypto tax information exchange
The country has adopted an OECD reporting framework, with more than 23 million consumer accounts holding crypto assets recorded as of August 2026.
Indonesia’s first international exchange of crypto tax data will take place in 2027, according to Deputy Finance Minister Nurkholisoh Ibnu Aman. The country has already adopted the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), which enables tax authorities to share information across borders.
At an international seminar on 15 October 2026, Nurkholisoh put the number of Indonesian consumer accounts with digital crypto assets at more than 23 million as of August 2026. That scale underscored the need for rules that users and businesses could understand and trust, the deputy minister said.
Developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the G20, CARF provides a standard for automatically exchanging financial information concerning crypto assets. Nurkholisoh noted that money and digital assets could cross borders rapidly, but information needed to apply taxes did not always travel as readily.
The government’s three priorities were fair rules with easier compliance, clearer responsibilities and accountability, and improved information and cooperation, Nurkholisoh said. Physical shops and online sellers should be treated equally, with the same principle applying to local and foreign entities.
For crypto regulation, Nurkholisoh called for separate consideration of acceptable payment instruments, responsibility for trading oversight and the application of tax law. The Finance Ministry’s task was to establish understandable, trusted rules rather than track every price fluctuation.
