PANTAS APBN SELALU TEKOR! HARUSNYA SURPLUS! — TERNYATA PAJAK INDONESIA BOCOR 1.300 TRILIUN

Have you ever wondered: a country as rich as this — the world's largest nickel producer, the world's largest palm oil producer, a top 20 economy — why has its state budget been consistently in deficit since our grandfather's time until now, and every year it has to borrow hundreds of trillions? Tonight that question was answered with a single figure directly acknowledged by the Deputy Minister of Finance: there are Rp1,300 TRILLION in taxes that are leaked every year — almost DOUBLE our state budget deficit (Rp689 trillion)! This means that in theory, if the leak is collected, Indonesia will not only stop having a deficit — we will actually have a SURPLUS of around Rp600 trillion, without increasing a single rupiah of taxes for the common people. This video traces where the leak goes through three holes: (1) the ones that are never touched — only 12% of workers are effectively subject to income tax, while the shadow economy of Rp3,000 trillion swims freely; (2) those stolen by the mafia — from fictitious invoices, "invoice villages," to Rp50 million in pumps that are transformed into Rp117 thousand in import documents; and (3) a shocking hole: a DELIBERATE leak — VAT-free basic necessities and high PTKP (taxable income tax) to protect the common people. Then we weigh it fairly like a data referee: our tax ratio is 10.08% — lower than ALL our neighbors (Vietnam 17.2%, Thailand 17.1%, even the Philippines 18.1%) — but the solution has already begun: Coretax with 19 million accounts, AI in customs, firm action, and lessons from Georgia that prove even the leakiest bucket can be sealed again until revenues multiply. The target is bold: eliminate the deficit by 2028 at the latest — not by squeezing the people, but by patching the leaks. Because this decades-long deficit is not destiny; it's a choice that has been allowed to happen — and that Rp1,300 trillion is our right. It's poignant, honest, and empowering. 💥🇮🇩 #CUANOMICS #APBN #Tax #TaxGap #Deficit #People'sMoney #IndonesianEconomy REFERENCES (with source links) Tax gap (official acknowledgement): [1] IKPI — "Deputy Minister of Finance Reveals Strategy to Close Rp1,300 Trillion Tax Gap, Coretax and Royalties as Mainstays" 🔗 https://ikpi.or.id/en/wamenkeu-beberk... [2] IKPI — "RI's Tax Gap is Rp1,300 Trillion, Observers Criticize the Fragility of the Tax Base" 🔗 https://ikpi.or.id/en/tax-gap-ri-rp1-... [3] Pajak.com — "There's a Rp1,500 Trillion Tax Gap, DEN Calls Core Tax a Strategic Step" 🔗 https://www.pajak.com/pajak/ada-tax-g... History of the State Budget Deficit & Posture: [4] Ministry of Finance Financial Media — "Unraveling the History of the Indonesian State Budget" 🔗 https://mediakeuangan.kemenkeu.go.id/... [5] IKPI — "DPR Approves 2026 State Budget of Rp3,842 Trillion, Deficit of Rp689 Trillion" 🔗 https://ikpi.or.id/en/tok-dpr-sahkan-... [6] Kontan — "2026 State Budget Deficit Projected to Widen to IDR 734.3 Trillion" 🔗 https://nasional.kontan.co.id/news/de... [7] Balance Sheet — "2026 Debt Interest Payments Reach Over IDR 599 Trillion" 🔗 https://www.neraca.co.id/article/223680/ Hole #1 (narrow base & shadow economy): [8] SSAS/DGT — "Low Taxpayer to Employee Ratio (17.67 million vs. 145.77 million = 12.12%)" 🔗 https://www.ssas.co.id/rasio-wajib-pa... [9] KBA News — "Unraveling the Systemic Roots Behind Indonesia's Low Tax Ratio (PPh OP efficiency 52.6%/corporate 42%; PTKP)" 🔗 https://kbanews.com/english-edition/u... [10] Business — "What is the Shadow Economy (Rp1,958 T)" 🔗 https://ekonomi.bisnis.com/read/20230... Neighborhood comparison: [11] Business — "Tax Indonesia's Ratio is the Lowest Compared to Countries of the Same Level (Malaysia 13%, Thailand 17.1%, Vietnam 17.2%, Philippines 18.1%, China 19.5%)" 🔗 https://ekonomi.bisnis.com/read/20260... [12] Kontan/OECD — "Indonesia's Tax Ratio Among the Three Lowest in Asia-Pacific" 🔗 https://nasional.kontan.co.id/news/mi... Hole #2 (mafia) & Solution: [13] Kompas — "Exposing the Customs and Excise Mafia: Modus Operandi (underinvoicing US$7 pump)" 🔗 https://money.kompas.com/read/2025/10... [14] Hukumonline — "KPK Exposes Customs and Excise 'Green Lane' Scandal" 🔗 https://www.hukumonline.com/berita/a/... [15] Jawa Pos — "DGT Records 13.19 Million Tax Returns; 19.12 Million Active Coretax Accounts" 🔗 https://www.jawapos.com/ekonomi/26050... [16] CMI ...