Indonesia — Taxes
- Tax-residents are in principle taxed on worldwide income, up to 35%
- A new-resident regime can limit tax to Indonesian-source income for the first four years for qualifying skilled individuals
- VAT is 11% (rising over time); no general net-wealth tax
- The Golden Visa gives residence, not citizenship — dual nationality is not allowed
- Holding the visa does not by itself make you tax-resident
A residence base — read the tax rules first
Unlike the region’s territorial hubs, Indonesia in principle taxes its tax-residents on worldwide income, at progressive rates up to 35%. VAT is 11%. There is a new-resident regime that can, for qualifying skilled individuals, limit tax to Indonesian-source income for the first four years — a real benefit, but conditional and not automatic for a passive investor.
What the visas are
The Second Home Visa grants a five- or ten-year stay for a refundable deposit of about 130,000 USD in a state-owned bank, or qualifying property. The Golden Visa (E28) grants five or ten years for a passive investment of 350,000 USD or 700,000 USD in government bonds, listed shares or funds, with higher business routes above. Both are residence.
The citizenship reality
Indonesia does not allow dual citizenship. These visas are not a path to an Indonesian passport; treat them as a long-stay residence and lifestyle base in a large, fast-growing market.
Residency, tax residence and duties elsewhere
Whether Indonesia taxes your worldwide income turns on becoming tax-resident there — broadly, presence and intent — not on merely holding the visa, and the visa does not remove obligations to a country that taxes on citizenship, such as the United States. Compare it with the territorial route of Thailand and the zero-tax Gulf option of the UAE, read our residency hub and tax hub, and see how each figure is checked in our methodology.
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Citizenship or residence, the honest answer often is not the one you arrived with. We take the whole procedure with you — eligibility, the route that fits your situation, the file, the follow-up — with one person on your side throughout.
For Indonesia specifically, you are talking to someone who already knows the file: who to speak to on the ground, what the unit actually asks for, and the points where applications stall.
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- Vetted partners on the ground — law firms, licensed agents, banks — introduced, not listed
- It starts with a short qualifying call, and no, it is not a sales call
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