In accordance with Minister of Finance Regulation Number 156/PMK.04/2022, article 1 concerning Excise Documents and/or Excise Additional Documents, excise documents are documents used in the implementation of Excise Law, in the form of forms or through electronic media. Previously, excise document provisions were governed by Minister of Finance Regulation Number 40/PMK.04/2012.
Minister of Finance Regulation Number 40/PMK.04/2012 is the first Excise Law regulation regarding excise documents from the amendment of Law Number 39 of 2007 concerning Excise (Excise Law). However, in order to provide legal certainty and improve public services regarding the need for excise documents in accordance with current developments, government established Minister of Finance Regulation Number 156/PMK.04/2022 as the new regulation of excise documents.
Excise documents are documents used in fulfilling the provisions of Excise Law. All documents used in implementing Excise Law are declared as excise documents. Excise documents can be held by several parties, namely:
- Customs and Excise Officials;
- Factory Entrepreneur;
- Importer;
- Retail Venue Entrepreneur; or
- Excise Exemption User.
The implementation of excise documents can be conducted electronically through a web form-based excise application system or other systems as well as by handwriting on forms. Excise documents can be submitted electronically or directly to Customs and Excise Main Office or Customs and Excise Office.
In the most recent provisions, excise documents are divided into 2 (two) categories, there are:
| Excise Document | Description |
| Excise documents that are held and do not have to be submitted | This document is considered valid if it was prepared in accordance with the provision of excise-related statutory |
| Excise documents that are held and must be submitted | This document is considered valid if:
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Excise Document Cluster
Minister of Finance Regulation Number 156/PMK.04/2022 classifies excise documents into 4 (four) distinct clusters based on excise business processes, namely:
- Excise licensing cluster;
- Production of excisable goods cluster;
- Excise settlement cluster; and
- Trade in excisable goods cluster.
In addition, each cluster of excise documents is described in detail in the Appendix to Minister of Finance Regulation Number 156/PMK.04/2022 as follows:
| Excise Document Cluster | Description | |
| 1 | Excise Licensing Cluster | Consists of document in the form of:
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| 2 | Production of Excisable Goods Cluster | Consists of documents in the form of:
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| 3 | Excise Settlement Cluster | Consists of documents in the form of:
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| 4 | Trade in Excisable Goods Cluster | Consists of documents in the form of:
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