Practice Area

Tax

With extensive experience in tax, accounting, finance, and law, our team of tax advisors and lawyers provides strategic guidance on Indonesia’s taxation system. We help clients navigate complex tax laws and policies, ensuring compliance with regulations while supporting their business objectives. Mustoffa Hasan & Partners (MHP) Law Firm has extensive expertise in tax and excise litigation in Indonesia. We provide strategic counsel to clients on a range of significant transactions, including:

Tax Advisory and Compliance.

• Advising a client (foreign investment property company) on tax implications for a formulated structure or transaction and provided a strategy for dealing with tax issues related to corporate income tax.
• Assisting a client (foreign investment property company) with tax identification and VAT registration including the preparation of monthly and annual tax returns including corporate, employee, withholding taxes and VAT.
• Assisting a client (foreign investment property company) in the evaluation of a company transaction and identified potential tax risks and provided recommendations to mitigate the risk.
• Advising a client (independent power project company) on transfer pricing requirements.
• Advising a client regarding preliminary tax evidence for the disposal of their assets.
• Advising a client (financial institution) on preliminary tax evidence related to pre-IPO shares disposal tax.
• Advising various clients on their company transactions vis-à-vis tax
• Advising a client (technology provider for Directorate General of Immigration) regarding their business model vis-à-vis various tax incentives

Customs and Excise Advisory

• Advising a client (largest renewable energy company – 1,500 MW in Jakarta) in resolving their tax issues related to VAT and Import Duty.
• Advising a client (foreign investment property company) on import and export procedures and requirements, and ensuring compliance with customs and excise regulations.
• Assisting a client (foreign investment property company) in obtaining customs and excise facilities.

Tax Dispute Resolution

• Assisting a client (foreign investment oil and gas company) navigating tax audit findings related to their investment in an oil company operator.
• Assisting a client (foreign investment property company) navigating a tax audit which included customs and excise conducted by the Indonesia Tax Authority
• Assisting a client (foreign investment property company) in filing a tax objection, which included customs and excise on an unfavorable tax audit assessment.
• Assisting a client (foreign investment property company) in filing a tax appeal with the Tax Court on an unfavorable tax objection decision letter including customs and excise and represented the client during the Tax Court hearing session.
• Assisting a client (foreign investment property company) in filing a civil review application with the Supreme Court against an unfavorable tax appeal decision letter.