The Indonesian government has updated its tax policies for the cryptographic industry, increasing the levies from traders and minors while eliminating value -added tax obligations (VAT) for buyers.
On Monday, the Indonesian finance ministry published several regulatory updates, including regulations No. 50/2025 and n ° 53/2025, which modify cryptographic tax rates and compliance requirements from August 1.
According to Reuters, the new executive has increased income tax on sales of cryptographic assets made on interior exchanges from 0.1% to 0.21%.
New taxes are much higher for crypto sales made on foreign crypto exchanges, compared to 0.2% current at 1%, the report said.
Indonesian minors have hit higher taxes
In addition to income tax hike, the new tax framework would have increased VAT for cryptographic minors from 1.1% to 2.2%.
In addition, the ministry abolished a special tax rate on income of 0.1% on the exploitation of cryptography, by subjecting this income to income tax or at the taxation rates of companies, in force in 2026.
“Cryptographic asset minors who have been confirmed as a taxable entrepreneurs […] are taxable retail entrepreneurs, ”reads regulation 50/2025. He adds:
“Cryptographic asset minors who do not carry out the provisions […] will be subject to sanctions such as regulated in the general law on provisions and tax procedures. »»
While increasing taxes for minors and cryptographic sellers, the ministry has exempt certain cryptographic transactions from VAT.
Cryptographic transactions exempt from VAT
According to regulation 50/2025, transfers of cryptographic assets which are “assimilated to titles” are not subject to VAT.
According to Reuters, the exemption targets buyers of cryptographic assets, who are no longer subject to VAT. Under the previous rules, buyers would have been required to pay a VAT from 0.11% to 0.22%.
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A local CNBC report Indonesia detailed that the VAT rate for cryptographic transactions had been deleted from regulation 53/2025, which eliminated articles 343 and 354.
“To provide a legal certainty for negotiation transactions on cryptographic assets and adapt to developments in the trade in cryptographic assets, it is necessary to adjust the tax provisions of negotiation transactions on cryptographic assets,” said Finance Minister Sri Molyani Indrawati.
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