The revised 2020 Budget also effectively extends the period for income tax incentives to December 2020 from September 2020. Tax revenues under the revised 2020 Budget are expected to reach Rp1,404.5 trillion, a decrease of 24.7% from the target in the initial 2020 Budget. Non-tax revenues under the revised 2020 Budget are expected to reach Rp294.1 trillion, a decrease of 19.9% from the target in the initial 2020 Budget.
As a result of increased expenditure and reduced tax revenues, the revised 2020 Budget contemplates that the primary deficit will increase to Rp1,039.2 trillion, or 6.34% of GDP. The Government expected to finance this deficit primarily through the issuance of government securities.
For a discussion of the 2021 Budget and the Government’s outlook for 2021, see “Government Budget—2021 Budget.”
Task Force for Covid-19 and National Economic Recovery Program
In April 2020, the Government established the Task Force for Covid-19 and a National Economic Recovery Program (Komite Penanganan Covid-19 dan Pemulihan Ekonomi Nasional, “KPC PEN”) to help coordinate the Government’s efforts to address the Covid-19 pandemic and disburse the funds that have been set aside for that purpose in the 2020 Budget and the 2021 Budget.
As of December 23, 2020, 72.3% of Rp695.2 trillion Covid-19-related expenditure across six areas—comprising healthcare, social protection, sectoral and regional government spending, business incentives, funding of MSMEs and corporate financing—in the 2020 Budget had been realized, with amounts for social protection, sectoral and regional government spending and MSMEs close to full realization. The Government estimates that 3.4 million households have benefited from social protection spending under KPC-PEN to date. Funding for MSMEs has supported informal and self-employment for those suffering unemployment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unrealized KPC-PEN amounts from the 2020 Budget will be combined with the KPC-PEN amounts from the 2021 Budget, which total Rp.372.1 trillion, for realization during 2021.
The Law on Job Creation
On November 2, 2020, the President signed Law No. 11 of 2020 (the “Law on Job Creation”), an omnibus law that amended or revoked more than 70 existing laws and regulations. The Law on Job Creation aims to increase investment in the country by (i) reducing and streamlining licensing requirements, (ii) reducing restrictions on foreign investments, (iii) creating a framework for incentivizing investments, (iv) amending employment laws and regulations, including changes to existing rules on employee termination, fixed-term employment and outsourcing, and (v) amending land and spatial planning laws. The Law on Job Creation provides for the establishment of an Indonesian sovereign wealth fund, the Nusantara Investment Authority, to attract foreign capital to invest in strategic sectors of the Indonesian economy, support sustainable development and boost economic growth. The Nusantara Investment Authority will have a two-tiered board, comprising a five-member supervisory board co-chaired by the Minister of Finance and the Minister of State Owned Enterprises and a five-member independent board of directors.
The Law on Job Creation mandates the issuance of implementing government regulations by February 2, 2021. As of the date hereof, no implementing government regulations for the Law on Job Creation have been issued.
Economy and Gross Domestic Product
Principal Sectors of the Economy
Indonesia’s principal economic sectors are the manufacturing industry (including coal, oil and gas); agriculture, forestry and fishery; wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; construction; and mining and quarrying.
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