UNIPA News (Jakarta). May 29, 2026. After a long struggle from the authors, They fought for 17 years to find justice to reduce the Royalty tax on books from the Authors.
They have the meeting with Minister of Creative Economy on May 26, 2026. This method is taken by meeting the Minister of Creative Economy Mr. Teuku Riefky Harsya and Minister of Finance Mr. Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, Phd. They have consulted with Prof. Haula, Professor of Taxation at the University of Indonesia and Mrs.Inayati.
The Rainbow Troops is the greatest Novel. True story from Andrea Hirata about Indonesia. Andrea Hirata feel happy and grateful after a long wait.
The Indonesian Author’s Association unites to fight for authors’ rights to get a reduction in Royalty Tax from the sale of their books.
The authors were represented by Andrea Hirata, Dewi Lestari (Dee Lestari), J S. Khairen, Boy Chandra, etc. They really struggled from the start. And hoped to get a decent Royalty without being deducted from the high Royalty Tax.
Finally The government and the Ministry of Creative Economy have agreed that the Author Royalty Tax rate will be 1.5%. Hopefully this will help the creativity and opportunities of Indonesian Authors. For the welfare of society and authors, this will make books more affordable for Indonesians.
Reporter:
Deswita Refika,
Jakarta, Indonesia.
