Event Reports

On 29 November 2017, EuroCham Transport and Logistics Working Group met to coordinate ongoing efforts on taxation for freight forwarding services. Previously, EuroCham has submitted joint recommendations on income tax for freight forwarding services to the Government’s Working Group IV and DG Tax, with the Indonesian Logistics and Forwarders Association (ALFI) and the Indonesian Association of Express Delivery, Postal, and Logistics (ASPERINDO). The ongoing joint assessment still need to be followed up considering until today there is no improvement on the implementation of policy which is based on Minister of Finance Regulation No. 141/2015.

The meeting also revises few points of the joint position papers with ALFI on VAT for International Freight Forwarding services in accordance with the latest regulation on Freight Forwarding Services, Minister of Transportation PM. 49/2017. Separately ALFI has started again advocacy efforts to the DG Tax. The final version of joint proposals with ALFI will also be delivered to the Government's Working Group IV, the Fiscal Policy Agency and the DG Tax.

As continuation of the partnership, Eurocham Indonesia again becomes Associate Sponsor for the organization of Renewable Energy for Indonesia (RE41) held on 28-29 November 2017. Renewable energy sector is one the key issues that mostly discussed within EuroCham Energy Working Group, especially with so many dynamic happening in the regulatory landscape this year.

Thomas Wagner, Head of Energy Working Group represents Eurocham to speak at one of the session, bringing the theme on Foreign Direct Investment evolving landscape for renewable energy. The discsusison highlighted the issue on how Indonesia is building energy infrastructure for the next 30 years, and therefore must think ahead of how to ensure that whatever built now will not become obsolete in the next 30 years.