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TaxUpdate December 2017 Update on Thin Capitalisation Rules The Indonesian thin capitalisation rules are governed under: a) the Minister of Finance Regulation No169/PMK.010/2015 dated 19 September 2015 (“MoF169”), which is applicable commencing from fiscal year 2016; and b) the Director General of Tax regulation No. PER-25/PJ/2017 dated 28 November 2017 (“PER25”), which reporting requirements are applicable commencing from fiscal year 2017. Key features of MoF169 are as follows: Topics Key Features Debt to Equity Ratio (“DER”) a) Applicable to Indonesian corporate taxpayers, except for taxpayers subject to final income tax (e.g. construction, land/ building rental, and shipping), mining and oil/ gas companies with contracts that contain specific DER provisions (e.g. upstream oil & gas Production Sharing Contracts/ PSC and mining Contracts of Work/ CoW), banks, financing institutions, insurance companies, and infrastructure companies. b) The maximum DER is 4:1 for financing cost deduction in the Corporate Income Tax calculation. If the DER exceeds 4:1, deductible financing cost will be limited to an allowable deductible amount based on the 4:1 DER. Debt Debt consists of short-term and long-term loans, including interest bearing trade payable. Debt for the purpose of DER calculation is the average debt balance during the year/ period, which is calculated from the average of end of month debt balance during the relevant year/period.

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TaxUpdate

December2017

Update on Thin Capitalisation Rules TheIndonesianthincapitalisationrulesaregovernedunder:

a) theMinisterofFinanceRegulationNo169/PMK.010/2015dated19September2015(“MoF169”),whichisapplicablecommencingfromfiscalyear2016;and

b) theDirectorGeneralofTaxregulationNo.PER-25/PJ/2017dated28November2017(“PER25”),whichreportingrequirementsareapplicablecommencingfromfiscalyear2017.

KeyfeaturesofMoF169areasfollows:

Topics KeyFeatures

DebttoEquityRatio(“DER”)

a) ApplicabletoIndonesiancorporatetaxpayers,exceptfortaxpayerssubjecttofinalincometax(e.g.construction,land/buildingrental,andshipping),miningandoil/gascompanieswithcontractsthatcontainspecificDERprovisions(e.g.upstreamoil&gasProductionSharingContracts/PSCandminingContractsofWork/CoW),banks,financinginstitutions,insurancecompanies,andinfrastructurecompanies.

b) ThemaximumDERis4:1forfinancingcostdeductionintheCorporateIncomeTaxcalculation.IftheDERexceeds4:1,deductiblefinancingcostwillbelimitedtoanallowabledeductibleamountbasedonthe4:1DER.

Debt

Debtconsistsofshort-termandlong-termloans,includinginterestbearingtradepayable.DebtforthepurposeofDERcalculationistheaveragedebtbalanceduringtheyear/period,whichiscalculatedfromtheaverageofendofmonthdebtbalanceduringtherelevantyear/period.

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Topics KeyFeatures

Equity

EquityconsistsofequitybalanceinaccordancewiththeIndonesianStatementsofFinancialAccountingStandard(PSAK)andnon-interestbearingloanfrompartywithspecialrelationship(affiliates).EquityforthepurposeofDERcalculationistheaverageequitybalanceduringtheyear/period,whichiscalculatedfromtheaverageofendofmonthequitybalanceduringtherelevantyear/period.Iftheequitybalanceisnilordeficit,allfinancingcostsarenotdeductible.

FinancingCosts

Financingcostsconsistofinterest,discountandpremiumrelatedtodebt,debtarrangementcost,financingchargesinaleasing,guaranteefees,andtheirassociatedforeignexchangegainorloss.

RelatedPartyDebt

Financingcostsonrelatedpartydebtmustalsoobservethearm’slengthprincipleundertheIndonesiantransferpricingrules.

ForeignDebt

TaxpayerwithforeigndebtisobligedtosubmitareporttotheDirectorateGeneralofTax,otherwisetheassociatedfinancingcostswillnotbedeductible.

KeyfeaturesofPER25areasfollows:

Topics KeyFeatures

Non-deductiblefinancingcosts

PER25providesthatinadditionto4:1DERrequirement,non-deductiblefinancingcostsalsoincludethosepaidonrelatedpartydebtabovethearm’slengthrate(inwhichcasethefinancingcostsaredeemedasdividend)anddebtusedtogeneratenon-taxableincomeand/orincomesubjecttofinaltax.Thesearenotnewrulesastheyhavebeengovernedundertheprevailingtaxlawsandregulations.Inthecasewhereanynon-deductiblefinancingcostsarecapitalisedaspartofassetcosts,depreciationrelatedtosuchfinancingcostsisnotdeductible.

Additionalreportingrequirements

CorporatetaxpayerthatclaimsinterestdeductionisnowrequiredtoattachDERanddeductible/non-deductibleinterestcalculationstoitsannualCorporateIncomeTaxReturns(CITR).Ifthecorporatetaxpayeralsohasforeigndebt,theCITRshouldalsoincludeanattachmentreportingtheforeigndebtinformation.FailuretocomplywiththiswillresultintheCITRbeingdeemedincompletebythetaxofficeandfinancingcostsonforeigndebtwillnotbedeductible(irrespectivemeetingthe4:1DER).Thesenewreportingrequirementsareapplicablefromfiscalyear2017(e.g.forthefiscalyearending31December2017,thetaxpayerneedstoreport2017CITRanditsattachmentsby30April2018).

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ThenewCITRreportingrequirementsunderPER25shouldbeobservedbycorporatetaxpayersthatwillclaimfinancingcostsinits2017CITR.Furthermore,thetaxpayersmaywishtoreconcilethefinancingcostsandforeigndebtsinformationdisclosedintheCITRattachmentstothosedisclosedinwithholdingtaxreturns.

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