The Directorate General or Directorate General of Taxes, Ministry of Finance, arrested and handed over a director of a textile company to the Bandung District Attorney for allegedly committing a tax crime through a fictitious invoice. The Investigative Team of the Directorate of Law Enforcement at the Head Office of the Directorate General of Taxes found that a director of a textile company with the initial M committed tax evasion. There is a strong allegation that M issued and/or used tax invoices that were not based on actual transactions. Based on the findings of the Directorate General of Taxes, M committed the crime from January 2016 to December 2017 or about 2 years.

He did this through the textile company he leads, namely PT ISM.

"As a result of his actions, the state has lost IDR 6 billion," quoted from the Director General of Taxes' Twitter upload on Tuesday (13/12/2022).

The suspect was charged with Article 39A letter a of Law (UU) Number 28/2007 concerning the Third Amendment to Law Number 6/1983 concerning General Taxation Provisions (KUP) as amended several times, most recently by Law Number 7/2021 concerning Harmonization of Tax Regulations.

  "The suspect is threatened with imprisonment for a minimum of 2 to 6 years and a fine of at least two to six times the amount of tax in the tax invoice," quoted from a tweet from the Directorate General of Taxes.

The Directorate General of Taxes stated that it would continue to carry out fair tax criminal law enforcement. The aim is to provide a deterrent effect to perpetrators and provide a deterrent effect to other taxpayers.