INDUSTRY.co.id -Jakarta- Minister of Industry, Airlangga Hartarto wants the tax for electronic commerce (e-commerce) to be different and simpler, so as not to burden the perpetrators of e-commerce.

"E-commerce is just developing now, of course if you want to be taxed, yes it must be different, can not equal with offline," said Airlangga in Kemenperin office Jakarta, Tuesday (10/10/2017).

According to him, currently many small and medium enterprises are private companies (PO). Of course the hope is because it has a strong entrepreneurship can be sold online.

"Well this is what we encourage to grow and create jobs, if put in the formal sector not necessarily he can stand," he added.

As is known, the government has received advice from various stakeholders including Bank Indonesia for the taxation of the digital economy.

Moreover Airlangga revealed, the value of transactions from the technology-based financial industry continues to increase every year. "However, the process of discussing the tax regulation is still not producing results and there is still a difference about the amount of tax," said Airlangga.

Bank Indonesia noted the number of online payment transactions in Indonesia throughout 2016 has reached 14.48 billion US dollars. According to estimates, the value of this transaction continues to grow until in 2020 reached 130 billion US dollars.

Referring to data from economic research institute Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia, the value of electronic commerce in the country in 2016 reached USD 24.6 billion or equivalent to Rp 319.8 trillion. This potential could make Indonesia the largest digital economy in Southeast Asia.