Event Reports

On 13 January 2020 EuroCham met the Director of International Tax of Directorate General Tax, Mr. John Hutagaol. In this meeting, EuroCham was represented by Mr. Prawira Atmadja (CFO of BASF Indonesia) as EuroCham Board Member, Mr. Omar Abdulkadir (Taxation Service Advisor of PwC) as the Head of Finance, Tax, and Investment Working Group, and Mr. Sugyanto Halim (CFO of DB Schenker) as the Deputy Head of Transport and Logistics Working Group for Tax, Finance, and Investment.

The meeting prepared and discussed technical details of the upcoming planned meeting with the Director General of Tax, Mr. Suryo Utomo. This meeting is aimed to provide opportunities for both parties to exchange views on development of taxation policies in Indonesia. For the DG Tax, the upcoming meeting could serves as a platform to socialize the ongoing tax reform efforts as well as the omnibus law initiative. As for the Chamber, could provide also an opportunity to provide inputs based on observations related to current taxation development at the strategic policy level.

EuroCham Import-Export Procedures Working Group held its regular meeting on 13 December 2019 to exchange updates on latest policies related to import-export procedures. Some topics discussed including the changes in procedures for importation of iron and steel products, tyres, forestry products, complementary goods, goods for market test, and aftersales. This meeting also selected topics that should be prioritized in 2020 for further advocacy efforts, including by publishing an annual position paper. The overall meeting was chaired and moderated by Mr. Rachmat Hidayat (Government Relation Director of Danone Indonesia) and Ms. Prita Hapsari (Customs Manager for Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand of Unilever) as the Head and Deputy Head of the working group.