Indonesia To Investigate Google For Possible Unpaid Taxes
September 15, 2016
Indonesia’s tax office will investigate Alphabet Inc.’s Google for suspected unpaid taxes in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday.
Muhammad Hanif, head of the specials cases branch in the tax office, said Google’s refusal to cooperate after it was sent a letter in April requesting to be allowed to examine the company’s tax reports had raised suspicions.
“We will elevate this to an investigation because they refused to be examined, and this is definitely an indication of criminal activity,” Hanif told a news conference.