Indonesia Business, Legal, Accounting and Visa Insights

Since 14 February 2024, foreign tourists visiting Bali have to pay a special tourist levy. It is often called the Bali tourist tax or simply Bali Levy. For 2026, the levy is 150,000 Indonesian rupiah per person. The money goes to programmes that

Before you fly to Bali, you have to fill in All Indonesia — the single electronic arrival card for visiting Indonesia. One form collects the data for immigration, customs, health and quarantine services at once. The electronic customs declaration

On September 23, 2026, the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office created the DEWATA rapid response unit. Its task is to check reports of possible violations by foreigners and to coordinate the actions of officers. The title of the office's press release

Sometimes a trip to Bali turns into the start of something bigger. You come for a holiday, come back for the winter, and slowly realise you want to live here. Then a practical question appears: how do you arrange a long stay in Bali? For long-term

Bali police have turned their attention to land fraud, whose victims include foreign investors. A dedicated task force, Satgas Anti Mafia Tanah, operates in the region to handle such cases. Bali Post reported this on 10 September, citing police

Tokopedia, Shopee, Lazada, and Blibli are preparing to start withholding income tax from sellers on October 1, 2026. The plan was announced by Bimo Wijayanto, Director General of Indonesia's Directorate General of Taxes (DJP). According to him, both

The company was set up in spring. The first months are quiet: no clients, an empty account, no real activity yet. In autumn the accountant asks about the reports for March, and it turns out they had to be filed from the very first month — whether

For the hotel business in Bali, company registration alone is not enough. Depending on the property's characteristics, the government system determines the risk level and the list of required permits. Medium-high risk hotels need a Sertifikat Standar

As of 18 October 2026, Indonesia enters the next stage of mandatory halal certification: the transition period for a number of product categories ends on 17 October. Coverage of this stage usually describes it as certification for cosmetics and

As recently as Friday, a departure from Denpasar was just an ordinary line in the schedule. By Sunday, September 6, 2026, volcanic ash from Anak Krakatau had closed part of the airspace over western Indonesia, and dozens of flights from I Gusti

The scenario is a familiar one. You found a new country, moved your family, changed time zones. Meanwhile, your business in Bali keeps running: staff, a bank account, licenses, reporting. You decide to manage it remotely - temporarily, until it

For most PT owners, taxes are someone else's job. An in-house bookkeeper, a consultant you know, an outsourced agency. For years nobody minded: there was a person who knew how to fill in the forms, and that person filed them. In July 2026 the