This article traces and describes the changes made from time to time, to the calculation and determination of government share, as obtained from corporate revenues and tax deducted based on Production Sharing Contract, as used in the Indonesian natural gas and oil sector.   Qualitative data is gathered by performing a legal audit and literature review. The issue discussed here is the disagreement existing between the government and contractor regarding the calculation of recoverable cost (based on the Production Sharing Contract) and amount of corporate income tax imposed based on the prevailing tax law.  Based on the review of legal materials and literature, the recommended action is to harmonize these two different tax-revenue schemes.

Artikel ini membahas penerapan ketentuan perpajakan terkait perbandingan hutang dan modal ratio di Indonesia sebagai salah satu bentuk pengalihan laba untuk minimalisir beban pajak oleh perusahaan multi nasional dengan melakukan pinjaman jumlah besar kepada pihak afiliasi sebagai modal usaha. Akibatnya, terjadi penggerusan basis pemajakan di Indonesia dengan pembayaran bunga dengan jumlah yang tidak rasional untuk mengurangi penghasilan neto. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ketentuan yang diterapkan saat ini merupakan salah satu langkah maju dalam mencegah terjadinya erosi basis pemajakan, yaitu menetapkan rasio utang terhadap modal sebesar 4:1. Namun, ketentuan tersebut masih menyisakan pekerjaan rumah seperti apakah rasio demikian benar-benar mampu mencerminkan struktur permodalan suatu entitas bisnis dimana setiap sektor industri memiliki karakteristik struktur permodalannya masing-masing.

The aims of this article are to examine whether Debt-to-Equity Ratio (DER) Policy in Indonesia has been fair on international tax best practices, to assess the practices of DER for listed companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange (ISE) and to identify the types of industries need to further review of their financing schemes that potentially would risk on their completion of tax obligation. This research occupies qualitative method. The data was gathered through literature review and documentation study. The research shows that the DER of listed companies in ISE for most of sectors are still below the Indonesia DER threshold, with mining industry close to the threshold. Indonesia DER is still moderate compare to other countries which adopt the similar approach. For further study, it needs to assess the non-listed companies whether the Indonesia threshold is still appropriate