Depok-Tax Administration Study Program, Vocational Education Program, Universitas Indonesia (UI) inaugurated the Tax Clinic, on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. It is one of the flagship programs of the Vocational Campus Competition Fund through the Industrial-Based Applied Undergraduate Program Development grant program, Directorate of Vocational and Professional Higher Education, Directorate General of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia.
The Tax Clinic was formed with the concept of a teaching factory as the application of a work system procedures carried out by the tax consulting industry in providing tax services to clients or taxpayers. UI Vocational collaborated with three industrial partners from tax consulting offices in this project, namely MUC Consulting, Observation and Research of Taxation (Ortax), and Danny Darussalam Tax Center (DDTC). The inauguration of the Tax Clinic was carried out by the UI Vocational Director, Prof. Sigit Pranowo Hadiwardoyo, Director of Tax Compliance MUC Consulting Sigit Wibowo, S.E., Tax Specialist Ortax Bambang Setiawan, S.Si., and Partner of Tax Research & Training Services DDTC, B. Bawono Kristiaji.
Since 2013, Prof. Sigit Pranowo Hadiwardoyo said, the Tax Administration Study Program has consistently provided free of charge services in the form of consulting assistance for filling out the Annual Individual Annual Tax Return, both at the Universitas Indonesia and at various partner companies. “Previously, tax consultations were carried out in the form of community service and have become a program that the community has been waiting for,” he said.
“With this tax clinic, it is hoped that tax volunteers can have a platform to provide wider services,” said Sigit. He also appreciated the contributions of partners in the process of establishing the Tax Clinic and in the learning process at the UI Vocational. “I hope this collaboration can continue, because the Vocational curriculum is dominated by practicum, UI Vocational really needs a link and match with industry,” he said.
Ketua Program Studi Administrasi Perpajakan Vokasi UI, Arie Widodo, M.S.M., mengatakan Klinik Pajak ini juga berfungsi sebagai teaching factory, di mana konsep pembelajaran dalam keadaan di industri untuk menjembatani kompetensi pengetahuan dan keterampilan yang diberikan kampus dan kebutuhan industri bagi para mahasiswa. “This concept will also provide experiences and challenges for students to find solutions to problems faced by clients so that they can have competence in their fields to meet industry needs after graduating from UI Vocational,” he said.
Tax Clinic as a teaching factory has also been implemented in several countries as part of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education, such as in America, Federal Tax Clinic, Harvard Law School, and Australia at Melbourne Law School Tax Clinic, University of Melbourne, and various other countries, so we believe UI Vocational Tax Clinic can also develop well,” said Arie Widodo.
According to him, the services provided include calculating, depositing and reporting monthly taxes (SPT Masa), calculating, depositing and reporting Annual taxes (SPT Tahunan) for both individuals and entities, auditing assistance, objections and appeals, SP2DK assistance, making Tax SOPs, tax review, tax planning, Voluntary Disclosure Program (PPS), preparation of financial reports, and others.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, online consulting services are still provided by tax volunteers with various types of tax problems faced by taxpayers throughout Indonesia. In addition, the tax clinic also opens face-to-face consultation services at the Universitas Indonesia’s Vocational Education Program for all taxpayers starting in early February 2022. “For corporate and individual taxpayers who wish to consult, they can contact the Tax Clinic via email: klinikpajak@vocation.ui.ac.id,” said Dodo.
