Once a PT PMA is registered, a new set of costs starts running on its own clock. Virtual office renewal, monthly tax and accounting compliance, LKPM reporting, and payroll for any staff don’t stop after incorporation week, they repeat every month or every quarter for as long as the company exists. Most cost guides stop at the registration invoice. This one starts where those leave off: what it actually costs to keep a PT PMA legally alive and compliant, year after year.
Key Takeaways
- Monthly tax and accounting compliance is the single largest recurring cost, from IDR 3,000,000 to IDR 6,000,000 a month depending on the tier.
- LKPM reporting runs on a separate track from tax filing and costs IDR 10,000,000 a year as a standalone service, missing it can freeze the company’s NIB even if every tax return was filed on time.
- A realistic annual maintenance budget, once the company is running with one employee, lands around USD 8,300 to USD 9,000, before any owner salary or office lease beyond the virtual address.
What Counts as “Maintenance” Cost for a PT PMA?
Registration, the notarial deed, Kemenkumham approval, NIB issuance, and the paid-up capital deposit, is a one-time event. If that’s still ahead of you, InvestinAsia’s PT PMA registration cost breakdown covers that stage in full. This guide picks up after the deed is signed and the PT PMA is operating, where four categories of cost repeat on a fixed schedule regardless of revenue: office address renewal, tax and accounting compliance, LKPM reporting, and payroll once the company hires.
Monthly Tax and Accounting Compliance: The Biggest Recurring Line
A PT PMA files tax returns every month from its first month of operation, even at zero revenue. This is the cost that scales with how the business actually runs, and it’s the one most founders underprice at the budgeting stage. InvestinAsia’s accounting and tax reporting service handles this on a fixed monthly package rather than hourly billing.
| Package | Monthly (IDR) | Monthly (USD) | Annual (USD) | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 3,000,000 | 187 | 2,244 | Article 21/23/4(2) and VAT filing, monthly tax filing, tax consultation |
| Gold | 6,000,000 | 375 | 4,500 | Everything in Silver, plus bookkeeping and financial statements |
| Platinum | 6,000,000 | 375 | 4,500 | Everything in Gold, plus monthly payroll processing and BPJS registration |
Silver keeps the company compliant on filings alone. Gold adds the bookkeeping that those filings actually depend on, without it, the monthly returns are being filed from incomplete records. A few one-time registrations sit outside these tiers and tend to surprise founders mid-year: electronic certificate registration (IDR 3,000,000), VAT/PKP enterprise registration (IDR 6,000,000), tax ID registration (IDR 2,000,000), and EFIN registration (IDR 2,000,000). A financial audit through a licensed KAP firm is priced by consultation, not a fixed fee, since it depends on transaction volume.
Notes from InvestinAsia Consultants
We see companies pick Silver to save the difference and regret it by year-end. Bookkeeping isn’t optional labor sitting next to tax filing, the returns are built from it. A company issuing more than a handful of invoices a month is usually better off on Gold from month one, not after the first messy reconciliation.
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LKPM Reporting: The Obligation That Runs Whether or Not You’re Profitable
LKPM reporting goes to BKPM through OSS, not the tax office, and it doesn’t calculate or trigger any tax payment. It’s a declarative report on capital realization and workforce data, filed quarterly or semi-annually depending on company size, and it continues even in a quarter with zero activity, a zero-activity report is still required. As a standalone add-on outside the bundled compliance packages, it costs IDR 10,000,000 a year. InvestinAsia’s LKPM reporting service handles the quarterly filing window directly so it doesn’t get missed alongside everything else on the compliance calendar.
The consequence for skipping it runs on a completely separate track from tax penalties: a written warning first, then activity restrictions, then NIB freezing on repeated lapses. A frozen NIB stalls bank transactions and visa renewals regardless of how clean the company’s tax filings are. InvestinAsia’s guide to PT PMA’s full tax obligations walks through why LKPM and tax reporting are commonly confused despite being unrelated obligations.
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Virtual Office Renewal: The Address Doesn’t Register Itself Once
The business address a PT PMA registered under isn’t a one-time purchase either. If the incorporation package didn’t lock in more than a year of virtual office, renewal becomes an annual line. InvestinAsia’s virtual office service covers the renewal directly, at the same tier pricing as the original setup.
| Package | Monthly (IDR) | Monthly (USD) | 12-Month Renewal (IDR) | 12-Month Renewal (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 650,000 | 38.77 | 6,900,000 | 411.50 |
| Gold | 880,000 | 56.77 | 9,500,000 | 612.90 |
| Platinum | 1,182,000 | 76 | 12,400,000 | 800 |
| Platinum Pro | 1,660,000 | 108 | 14,900,000 | 962 |
Silver covers the address, mail handling, and one hour of meeting room a month. If the company’s original registration package bundled a year of virtual office, this cost simply doesn’t appear until renewal.
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Payroll and BPJS: The Cost That Starts the Day You Hire
Hiring even one person adds BPJS registration, salary calculation, and monthly withholding to the maintenance budget, on top of the salary itself. InvestinAsia’s payroll service runs this as a fixed monthly process rather than a per-payslip charge.
| Service | Price (IDR) | Price (USD) | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPJS Registration | 5,000,000 | 315 | One-time, per new hire |
| Payroll Services | 3,000,000 | 187 | Monthly |
Payroll services cover BPJS employee registration, salary and tax calculation including holiday allowance and bonuses, and payslips. This runs separately from the Platinum tax tier, which bundles payroll processing into its package but not the BPJS registration fee for a new hire.
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Budget vs. Premium: The Realistic Annual Maintenance Total
Registration and paid-up capital are excluded here on purpose, they’re one-time and already covered elsewhere. This is what a company already incorporated actually spends to stay compliant for one full year, built from InvestinAsia’s published per-service prices.
| Line Item | Lean Build (USD/year) | Fuller Build (USD/year) |
|---|---|---|
| Tax & accounting compliance | 2,244 (Silver) | 4,500 (Gold) |
| LKPM reporting | 625 | 625 |
| Virtual office renewal | 412 (Silver) | 800 (Platinum) |
| Payroll + BPJS (one employee, first year) | Not included | 2,559 |
| Estimated Annual Maintenance Total | ~3,281 | ~8,484 |
Neither figure includes owner salary, a physical office beyond the virtual address, or KITAS renewal for a resident director, those depend too much on individual circumstances to average honestly. What this table shows is the floor: what it costs just to keep the company’s filings, licenses, and reporting current, before a single dollar of growth spending.
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References
1. Republic of Indonesia. (2007). Law No. 25 of 2007 on Capital Investment, Article 15(c). Retrieved from
https://oss.go.id
2. Ministry of Investment/BKPM. (2021). BKPM Regulation No. 5 of 2021 on Guidelines and Procedures for Risk-Based Business Licensing Supervision. Retrieved from
https://oss.go.id
3. Directorate General of Taxes (DJP). (2026). Lima Jenis Tarif PPh Badan yang Wajib Diperhatikan. Retrieved from
https://www.pajak.go.id/en/node/94054
4. Directorate General of General Legal Administration (AHU), Ministry of Law and Human Rights. AHU Online company registration portal. Retrieved from
https://ahu.go.id
