Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) once again encourages the public to validate the Population Identification Number (NIK) as a Taxpayer Identification Number (NPWP).

The matching of NIK data as a TIN is a mandate of Law (UU) number 7 of 2021, whose derivative rules are in Presidential Regulation number 83 of 2021 and Minister of Finance Regulation number 112 / PMK.03 / 2022.

In this regard, the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) of the Ministry of Finance decided that the full implementation time of the NIK to NPWP pairing will be in mid-2024. With this decision, it means that the implementation time has been pushed back from the previous time in early 2024.

DGT Associate Expert Tax Instructor Yudha Wijaya explained that the implementation was postponed because his party would still conduct various tests. While waiting for technical rules or regulations that will regulate the implementation of the policy.

"Last week, it was informally conveyed by our leaders based on the evaluation of the implementation of tax reform and the readiness of the NIK-NPWP pairing that must be carried out by millions of taxpayers, which based on this assessment has not gone well, the implementation of the 16-digit NIK-NPWP will only be implemented in mid-2024," said Yudha, in the Taxation Socialization event, Thursday, 16 November.

In addition, the delay in implementation also aims to ensure that the NIK-NPWP can be fully integrated, so that taxpayers still have sufficient time to validate through the DGT Online site. Not only that, several revisions will be made to Minister of Finance Regulation (PMK) number 112/2022 before full implementation in the middle of next year.

"So it (implementation) will be postponed until mid-2024. We are both waiting for the revision of PMK 112/2022," he said.

Through this NIK and NPWP data matching, the management of tax rights and obligations will only utilize one identity number, namely through NIK, so that people no longer need to remember many identity numbers.

To match NIK data to NPWP is not difficult. Here are the steps that to have your NIK data validated:

1. Open www.pajak.go.id in your browser and press login.
2. Enter the 15-digit NPWP, use the correct password, and enter the security code.
3. Open the profile menu, enter the NIK according to the KTP, check the validity of the NIK, and click Change Profile button.
4. Then log out/exit the profile menu to test the success of the validation step.
5. Login again using the 16-digit NIK, use the same password, enter the security code, and log in. If successful, then the validation has been completed.

DGT claims that 58.7 million NIKs can be used as NPWPs as of August 2023.

Translator: Aisah Amanda