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Indonesia's new e-commerce tax mechanism: Who pays, who loses and what it means for ...
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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Indonesia's government will require major e-commerce platforms (Tokopedia, Shopee, Blibli, Lazada) to collect 0.5% income tax directly from online sellers starting 1 August 2026, shifting tax compliance responsibility from millions of individual merchants to a handful of platforms.
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If you're building or scaling a marketplace or social-commerce platform in Indonesia, you're now the tax collector for the government - and the seller who wants to avoid that scrutiny will move to Telegram or WhatsApp instead. The four big platforms absorb the compliance cost; smaller players get a window to capture defecting sellers before regulators close the loophole.
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