The launch of electronic stamps is expected to improve public transactions, director general of taxation at the Ministry of Finance, Suryo Utomo, has said.

“The hope is that (e-stamp duty) gives convenience for the community and reduces stamp duty forgery,” Utomo said at the launch of the electronic stamps here on Friday.

He also expressed the hope that the launch of the e-stamps will have a positive impact on state revenues.

Therefore, he said he and his team have been working with the state-run money printing company, Perum Peruri, the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN), and the Finance and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) to launch and supervise the use of these e-stamps.

“Today, we will launch (the e-stamps) to provide opportunities and convenience for the community to carry out tax obligations, especially when it is related to two-party transaction documents that are civil and the object of stamp duty,” he expounded.

The Directorate General of Taxation has launched electronic stamps produced by Perum Peruri to facilitate people using electronic documents in daily transactions, he informed.

Electronic documents have been recognized as valid and are considered a stamp duty object by the government through Law No. 10 of 2020 on Stamp Duty, Utomo said.

“It is also mentioned, the way of stamping is also regulated because it is completely different from the paper documents that we have been using,” he explained.

To execute electronic stamping, the government had earlier passed the Finance Minister Regulations No. 133 and 134, which will have become valid from October 1, 2021.

These two regulations are a follow-up to the Stamp Duty Law as regulated in Government Regulation No. 86 of 2021.

“In using the e-stamp duty on e-documents, a qualified system is needed. Thus, we cooperate with Perum Peruri, who has been appointed as the stamp duty provider,” Utomo said.

Source: Antara News