QRIS coverage unconfirmed in Indonesia's digital tax plans

Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has not confirmed whether QRIS payments would fall under planned digital tax collection arrangements. Speaking at the Presidential Palace complex on 2 November 2026, he said discussions would involve the Finance Ministry.

Asked about possible effects on consumers' purchasing power, Airlangga gave no firm assessment, saying the government would examine how the arrangements would work. He also left unanswered whether payments through the Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard, or QRIS, would be covered.

The questions followed remarks by presidential special envoy for energy and the environment Hashim Djojohadikusumo at the opening of Kadin's national leadership meeting in Jakarta on 29 October 2026. Hashim said government and private banks, fintech firms and e-commerce businesses, including Shopee, Lazada and GOTO, would be required to collect and remit digital taxes from 9 November 2026.

Inge Diana Rismawanti, the Directorate General of Taxes' director for public outreach, services and public relations, identified the arrangement as SPP-TDLN, a system for collecting tax on overseas digital transactions. She said it was not a new tax, would not alter VAT rates and was not intended to cover every overseas transaction.

Inge did not confirm Hashim's account of which businesses would become collectors. She said other prospective issuers remained in a stabilisation period, with appointments to be announced through the tax authority's official channels once preparations were complete.