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Sales Incentives: Customer Loyalty Programs

The economic growth in Indonesia is closely linked to changes in technology, social and cultural aspects, and other factors, thereby directly affecting consumer purchasing power. To increase profits, businesses compete to boost sales by offering various sales incentives to attract consumers. Customer loyalty programs are one method companies use to maintain relationships with consumers, aiming … Read more

Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Ethics

Indonesia is actively navigating the digital transformation landscape, focusing on the utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digitalization. This focus on AI and digitalization is believed to solidify the Republic of Indonesia’s position as a technology leader in Southeast Asia. Although Singapore’s significant investment of US$743 million in AI projects serves as a regional aspiration … Read more

Corporate Tax Incentives for Publicly Listed Companies

The Indonesian Tax Authority (ITA) provides various tax incentives to support companies going public. One of the tax incentives is a corporate income tax (CIT) rate for publicly listed companies (Tbk) set at 19 percent, which is 3 percent lower than the standard rate of 22 percent. This policy is outlined in Law No. 7 … Read more

Interest Rates, the Gravitational Force in Finance

INVESTMENT. A term that involves spending a certain amount of money now to earn more in the future. But who first introduced this concept of investment? According to Warren Buffett, currently the world’s most successful stock investor, the basic mathematics of investment was first introduced by an ancient Greek storyteller named Aesop, who lived around … Read more

2024 Provincial Minimum Wage Rates

The Indonesian government has set Provincial Minimum Wages (Upah Minimum Provinsi, UMP) as part of efforts to ensure economic protection for workers in various regions. This decision is in line with the provisions stated in Government Regulation (Peraturan Pemerintah, PP) Number 51 Year 2023 (“PP 51/2023”) about Wages, which provides the legal basis for determining … Read more

Social Security Insurance Rate for Employment and Health

Article 1 paragraph (1) of Law Number 24 of 2011 regarding the Social Security Administration Agency (“UU 24/2011”) establishes a legal entity to administer social security programs, consisting of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan (Employment Insurance) and BPJS Kesehatan (Health Insurance). BPJS Ketenagakerjaan functions to administer programs for work accident insurance, old-age benefits, pension benefits, and death benefits. … Read more

Effective Employees Witholding Tax Rate

This regulation aims to simplify and ease the compliance of tax obligations for taxpayers regarding the withholding of Income Tax Article 21 (PPh 21), as well as to adjust the income tax rates for domestic individual taxpayers, following the enactment of Law Number 7 of 2021 on Tax Regulation Harmonization. This regulation specifies the effective … Read more