Indonesia to start taxing P2P lending, e-wallet services


A fintech app on a smartphone on display during the 2019 Indonesia Fintech Forum in an undated photo. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Indonesia is to start imposing taxes on services provided by fintech companies starting May 1 in the hope of levelling the playing field with conventional financial companies.

The tax comprises income tax on interest generated through peer-to-peer (P2P) lending services and value added tax (VAT) for commission, fees and cuts obtained by other fintech services like payment gateways, digital wallets, e-money, settlement on investment and insurance technology (insurtech), among many others.

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