Indonesia tax chief outlines AI role in compliance checks
Bimo Wijayanto said artificial intelligence could help tax authorities anticipate risks and give staff more time to handle complex cases.
Indonesia’s Director-General of Taxes Bimo Wijayanto said artificial intelligence could help tax authorities identify risks before problems arise, rather than responding only after they occur. He spoke at the opening of the seventh Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Forum (BRITACOF), held in Jakarta on 13–15 October 2026.
Bimo said AI could rapidly analyse large volumes of data, improve the accuracy of compliance checks and automate responses to routine questions. He described the technology as a present need for tax administration, rather than something reserved for the future.
Those capabilities could allow tax authority staff to concentrate on more complex matters while making services quicker and easier for taxpayers, he said. Bimo also stressed that interaction and cooperation with taxpayers remained important alongside technology.
The forum is an annual event of the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Mechanism (BRITACOM), which supports cooperation on tax administration among participating countries. It has 35 member countries and 25 observers, including jurisdictions, sovereign countries and international organisations.
