United Kingdom → Indonesia · tax

In plain termsTwo machines, one hinge. Indonesia decides how a resident is taxed; United Kingdom keeps its own exit and residence rules. The treaty has been in force for decades — but neither country's domestic traps vanish because of it.

There is a treaty — in force since 1995

An in-force United Kingdom–Indonesia income tax treaty exists (

yes

Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — United Kingdom P3B in force (effective 1995-01-01)

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), effective

1995-01-01

Source DJP tax treaty register — Tanggal Efektif for the United Kingdom P3B

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per the DJP register. Compare the live beachhead pair: United Kingdom → Vietnam · tax.

The worldwide hinge

Client trapIndonesia taxes a resident (SPDN) on worldwide income (

yes

Source DJP Peraturan Direktur Jenderal Pajak Nomor PER-23/PJ/2025 — Penentuan Subjek Pajak Dalam Negeri dan Subjek Pajak Luar Negeri (full text on pajak.go.id, 9 Dec 2025) — stacked with UU PPh: an SPDN individual is taxed on income wherever earned; PER-23 decides who is SPDN

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). Residence turns on

183 days

Source DJP Peraturan Direktur Jenderal Pajak Nomor PER-23/PJ/2025 — Penentuan Subjek Pajak Dalam Negeri dan Subjek Pajak Luar Negeri (full text on pajak.go.id, 9 Dec 2025) — Pasal 3: SPDN includes individuals present in Indonesia more than 183 days in any 12-month period

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— read Indonesian tax residency. There is a 4-year foreign-income window for qualifying experts (

yes

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), but this DTA (

yes

Source Stack with Indonesia worldwide taxation for tax residents (SPDN, /indonesia/tax) — a resident's foreign income is taxable in Indonesia, so this DTA plus the foreign tax credit is what actually prevents double tax

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) plus the foreign tax credit is what actually prevents double tax on your foreign income.

United Kingdom-side traps — destination does not delete them

United Kingdom domestic traps still apply when Indonesia is the destination (

yes

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). The income treaty narrows double tax; it does not cancel your home-country obligations.

Art 4 — what actually breaks a dual-residence tie

Read line-by-line from the convention text the DJP publishes, not from a summary. For an individual the cascade runs: permanent home → centre of vital interests → habitual abode → mutual agreement. Rungs before the two tax authorities have to talk:

4 rungs

Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — count of ordered rungs in the individual cascade (0 = straight to mutual agreement)

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. Nationality is a rung:

Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — whether nationality/citizenship appears as a tie-breaker rung

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. Ends at mutual agreement:

yes

Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — whether the individual cascade ends in a competent-authority mutual agreement procedure

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The twistNo nationality rung. A British passport does not break a tie here — habitual abode in both States or in neither sends the question to the competent authorities.

The DJP text is MLI-synthesised, but the MLI residence change replaces the company rule, not the individual ladder (

yes

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Employment exercised in Indonesia

Three checks, not oneThe treaty employment rule sits in

Article 15

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Dependent Personal Services

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. The short-stay ceiling is

183 days

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — short-stay day ceiling

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, measured in the

any continuous period of twelve months

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — day-count window

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. The day count alone is not a safe answer: the employer and permanent-establishment / fixed-base conditions must also pass (

yes

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — employer and PE/fixed-base limbs also required (CA also offers a CAD 5,000 alternative limb)

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Day-count trapUnited Kingdom–Indonesia measures 183 days in any continuous twelve-month period. Relief sits in Article 21, not a higher-numbered OECD-style article.

When both States tax the same income

The treaty relief method is

ordinary tax credit

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Article 21 ordinary credit method

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under

Article 21

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — relief article

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. A credit is not an exemption: keep the foreign assessment and proof of tax paid, and apply the domestic credit limit in the State granting relief.

Filed cells on this page

Evidence and sources18 dated facts for United Kingdom–Indonesia tax: DTA in force (effective 1995-01-01), worldwide-income hinge, home-side traps, Art 4 tie-breaker filed

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United Kingdom–Indonesia income tax treaty (P3B) is in force
DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — United Kingdom P3B in force (effective 1995-01-01)
yes
Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — United Kingdom P3B in force (effective 1995-01-01)
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P3B effective date
DJP tax treaty register — Tanggal Efektif for the United Kingdom P3B
1995-01-01
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Indonesia taxes residents on worldwide income, so this DTA carries real weight
Stack with Indonesia worldwide taxation for tax residents (SPDN, /indonesia/tax) — a resident's foreign income is taxable in Indonesia, so this DTA plus the foreign tax credit is what actually prevents double tax
yes
Source Stack with Indonesia worldwide taxation for tax residents (SPDN, /indonesia/tax) — a resident's foreign income is taxable in Indonesia, so this DTA plus the foreign tax credit is what actually prevents double tax
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UK domestic traps still apply (Statutory Residence Test, temporary non-residence CGT, FIG regime)
uk_vn_tax — SRT, TNR CGT, FIG reuse across destinations
yes
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Art 4 tie-breaker cascade for United Kingdom–Indonesia dual residence
United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — individual dual-residence tie-breaker, read line-by-line 2026-08
permanent home → centre of vital interests → habitual abode → mutual agreement
Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — individual dual-residence tie-breaker, read line-by-line 2026-08
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Rungs in the individual cascade before mutual agreement
United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — count of ordered rungs in the individual cascade (0 = straight to mutual agreement)
4 rungs
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Nationality is a tie-breaker rung in this treaty
United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — whether nationality/citizenship appears as a tie-breaker rung
no
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Unresolved dual residence ends at mutual agreement between the two tax authorities
United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — whether the individual cascade ends in a competent-authority mutual agreement procedure
yes
Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — whether the individual cascade ends in a competent-authority mutual agreement procedure
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What is different about this tie-breaker
United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — how this cascade departs from, or matches, the OECD model order
No nationality rung. A British passport does not break a tie here — habitual abode in both States or in neither sends the question to the competent authorities.
Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — how this cascade departs from, or matches, the OECD model order
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The MLI change here hits companies, not individuals
DJP publishes this partner as an MLI-synthesised text; MLI Art 4 (dual resident entities) replaces the entity paragraph only — the individual tie-breaker above is the one that applies to a person
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Treaty article for employment income
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Dependent Personal Services
Article 15
Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Dependent Personal Services
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Short-stay day ceiling for employment exemption
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — short-stay day ceiling
183 days
Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — short-stay day ceiling
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How the short-stay days are measured
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — day-count window
any continuous period of twelve months
Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — day-count window
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Whether all short-stay limbs must pass together
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — employer and PE/fixed-base limbs also required (CA also offers a CAD 5,000 alternative limb)
yes
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Treaty method for eliminating double taxation
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Article 21 ordinary credit method
ordinary tax credit
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Treaty article for relief from double taxation
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — relief article
Article 21
Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — relief article
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A UK–Indonesia social security agreement is in force
GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Indonesia as a UK social security agreement partner
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Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Indonesia as a UK social security agreement partner
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Source state may tax private pensions arising from employment there (Art 18)
UK–ID Agreement Art 18(1) (official convention text as published in ASEAN Briefing treaty PDF) — subject to Art 19(2), any pension or similar remuneration paid to a resident of one State from a source in the other for past employment in that other State, and any annuity from such a source, may be taxed in that other (source) State
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Source UK–ID Agreement Art 18(1) (official convention text as published in ASEAN Briefing treaty PDF) — subject to Art 19(2), any pension or similar remuneration paid to a resident of one State from a source in the other for past employment in that other State, and any annuity from such a source, may be taxed in that other (source) State
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Common questions

Is there a tax treaty between United Kingdom and Indonesia?

Yes. The DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register lists an in-force P3B with United Kingdom. It matters more than in the Philippines, because Indonesia taxes residents on worldwide income — the treaty and the foreign tax credit are what prevent the same income being taxed twice.

Why does Indonesia's worldwide rule make this treaty matter more?

An Indonesian tax resident (SPDN) is taxed on worldwide income. Unlike the Philippine alien rule, your foreign income is inside the Indonesian net — so relief depends on the P3B allocation and the foreign tax credit, not on a source exemption. There is a 4-year foreign-income window for qualifying experts, but it must be applied for.

Do United Kingdom-side traps still apply?

Yes. Your home-country machine does not switch off at the border. The DTA sits between the two tax systems — it narrows double tax, it does not delete either country's domestic rules.

Is this the same as the United Kingdom–Vietnam pair?

Same home-country machine, different destination treaty and local law. Do not copy the Vietnam cascade or article numbers onto Indonesia without reading this convention.

If both countries call me resident, which one wins?

Article 4(2) runs permanent home, centre of vital interests, habitual abode, then mutual agreement between HMRC and the DJP. There is no nationality rung, so a British passport does not break the tie.

What is the employment short-stay day count?

United Kingdom–Indonesia measures 183 days in any continuous twelve-month period. Relief sits in Article 21, not a higher-numbered OECD-style article.

UK → Indonesia · four cells

Four machines a thread usually collapses

Social security / totalization	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Indonesia as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog. Income DTA does not totalise contributions.
Treaty pensions	yes Source UK–ID Agreement Art 18(1) (official convention text as published in ASEAN Briefing treaty PDF) — subject to Art 19(2), any pension or similar remuneration paid to a resident of one State from a source in the other for past employment in that other State, and any annuity from such a source, may be taxed in that other (source) State Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog. Taxing rights ≠ portability of your home pension.
Foreign-income / remittance hinge	yes Source DJP Peraturan Direktur Jenderal Pajak Nomor PER-23/PJ/2025 — Penentuan Subjek Pajak Dalam Negeri dan Subjek Pajak Luar Negeri (full text on pajak.go.id, 9 Dec 2025) — stacked with UU PPh: an SPDN individual is taxed on income wherever earned; PER-23 decides who is SPDN Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog. Who taxes worldwide vs remitted vs source-only.
Home-side traps still on	yes Source uk_vn_tax — SRT, TNR CGT, FIG reuse across destinations Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog. UK domestic gates survive the move.

Why this beats a Facebook answer method

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Method: how a fact cell works. Desk with memory when cells move: firms. Canonical pair: /united-kingdom-to-indonesia/tax.

Filed cells for this pair

Indonesia stay · labour · tax

Stay · Earn · Tax · Compare

Tax-residence day test	183 days Source DJP Peraturan Direktur Jenderal Pajak Nomor PER-23/PJ/2025 — Penentuan Subjek Pajak Dalam Negeri dan Subjek Pajak Luar Negeri (full text on pajak.go.id, 9 Dec 2025) — Pasal 3: SPDN includes individuals present in Indonesia more than 183 days in any 12-month period Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Foreign / worldwide income	yes Source DJP Peraturan Direktur Jenderal Pajak Nomor PER-23/PJ/2025 — Penentuan Subjek Pajak Dalam Negeri dan Subjek Pajak Luar Negeri (full text on pajak.go.id, 9 Dec 2025) — stacked with UU PPh: an SPDN individual is taxed on income wherever earned; PER-23 decides who is SPDN Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Long-stay instrument (filed)	5 years Source Kemlu/Imigrasi Golden Visa booklet — Second home E33 · 5 years Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Local earn gate (filed)	yes Source PP 34/2021 on Utilization of Foreign Workers — employer must obtain RPTKA approval before employing a foreign national; processed via Kemnaker TKA Online Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.

Continue from this pair

UK × Indonesia stays named. Overlay → stay / earn / dest tax → tools.

From United KingdomAll six destinations Indonesia stayVisa and residence Indonesia earnWork lawfully Indonesia taxWho may tax you there Home × land deskRead this pair side by side Two destinationsSame passport, second dest UK → VietnamSame passport, other land UK → ThailandSame passport, other land UK → PhilippinesSame passport, other land UK → MalaysiaSame passport, other land UK → PortugalSame passport, other land

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Cross-check UK × Indonesia

Home × land · UK × Indonesia Two dests · UK From United Kingdom Indonesia hub UK → Indonesia tax

UK across six lands

Land	Treaty	Relief	SSA	Open
Vietnam	yes Source UK–Vietnam DTA 1994; SI 1994/3216; GOV.UK Vietnam tax treaties Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source SI 1994/3216 Schedule Art 15 / Art 22; nguon/UK_VN_DTA_1994.md Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Vietnam as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Vietnam
Thailand	yes Source GOV.UK Thailand tax treaties — double taxation convention entered into force on 20 November 1981 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–Thailand Convention Art 23 — UK credits Thai tax; Thailand credits UK tax, subject to domestic limits Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Thailand as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Thailand
IndonesiaHere	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — United Kingdom P3B in force (effective 1995-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Article 21 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Indonesia as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Indonesia
Philippines	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — United Kingdom treaty in force (effective 1979-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–Philippines Convention Art. 21 — each State grants credit for qualifying tax paid in the other State, subject to the treaty limits Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements — Philippines listed among UK bilateral social security agreement countries Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Philippines
Malaysia	yes Source GOV.UK — 1996 UK–Malaysia Double Taxation Agreement as amended by the 2010 Protocol — in force; HMRC DT12750: comprehensive Agreement (SI 1997/2987) entered into force 8 July 1998 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–MY DTA Art 16 Dependent Personal Services (GOV.UK) — not Art 15 (independent) — Article 24 ordinary credit Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Malaysia as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Malaysia
Portugal	yes Source GOV.UK 'Portugal: tax treaties' + HMRC DT15600 — the 2025 UK–Portugal Double Taxation Convention (SI 2025 No. 1300), signed in London 15 September 2025, entered into force 29 December 2025; effective in the UK from 1 Jan 2026 (WHT), 1 Apr 2026 (CT), 6 Apr 2026 (IT/CGT), and in Portugal from 1 Jan 2026 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–Portugal 2025 DTC Art 21 — Elimination of Double Taxation, UK credit for Portuguese tax Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source GOV.UK NI38 — Portugal is an EU social security agreement country for the UK Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Portugal

Eight passports on Indonesia 8 overlays

Passport	Treaty	Relief	SSA	Open
AU	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — Australia P3B in force (effective 1993-07-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source AU–ID Art 15(2) — 120-day short-stay (not 183); four limbs including taxability in residence State — Article 24 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source DSS — Australia international social security agreements list does not include Indonesia Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	AU → Indonesia
SG	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — Singapore P3B in force (effective 2022-01-01) (revised treaty replacing the 1990 agreement; confirm exact effective date on the DJP entry) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source SG–ID Art 15 — 183 days in any 12-month period — Article 23 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source CPF Board / Singapore domestic CPF regime — no Singapore–Indonesia social security / CPF totalisation agreement published; same gate as sg_vn_social_security_agreement_in_force (nguon/SG_SIDE_TRAPS.md pattern) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	SG → Indonesia
KR	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — South Korea P3B in force (effective 1990-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source KR–ID Art 15 — 183 days in the fiscal year concerned — Article 23 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source NPS social security agreements overview — Indonesia is not among Korea’s published SSA partners (MOU lump-sum paths elsewhere do not equal an SSA) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	KR → Indonesia
CN	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — China P3B in force (effective 2004-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source CN–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any twelve-month period — Article 23 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source MOHRSS / published China bilateral social security partner list (13 countries) does not include Indonesia — same gate as cn_vn_social_security_agreement_in_force Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	CN → Indonesia
JP	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — Japan P3B in force (effective 1983-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source JP–ID Art 15 — 183 days in the calendar year concerned — Article 23 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source Japan Pension Service — Status of Agreements in Force (24 partners) does not include Indonesia Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	JP → Indonesia
UKHere	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — United Kingdom P3B in force (effective 1995-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Article 21 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Indonesia as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Indonesia
CA	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — Canada P3B in force (effective 1999-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source CA–ID Art 15(2) — 120 days within any twelve-month period; short-stay also needs either CAD 5,000 ceiling or employer/PE limbs — Article 22 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source CRA countries-with-agreement table (Open Government CSV July 2024) does not list Indonesia Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	CA → Indonesia
US	yes Source US–Indonesia Income Tax Convention signed Jakarta 11 July 1988; general effective date under Art 30: 1 January 1990 (irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/indo.pdf) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source US–Indonesia DTA Art 23 — foreign tax credit method (cell us_id_ftc_relief_art23 already filed) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source SSA — U.S. International Social Security (Totalization) Agreements list does not include Indonesia Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	US → Indonesia

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Named pair: From United Kingdom · UK → Indonesia tax.

Also filed for Indonesia: Australia · Singapore · South Korea · China · Japan · Canada · United States.

United Kingdom → Indonesia · tax

There is a treaty — in force since 1995

An in-force United Kingdom–Indonesia income tax treaty exists (

yes

Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — United Kingdom P3B in force (effective 1995-01-01)

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), effective

1995-01-01

Source DJP tax treaty register — Tanggal Efektif for the United Kingdom P3B

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per the DJP register. Compare the live beachhead pair: United Kingdom → Vietnam · tax.

The worldwide hinge

Client trapIndonesia taxes a resident (SPDN) on worldwide income (

yes

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). Residence turns on

183 days

Source DJP Peraturan Direktur Jenderal Pajak Nomor PER-23/PJ/2025 — Penentuan Subjek Pajak Dalam Negeri dan Subjek Pajak Luar Negeri (full text on pajak.go.id, 9 Dec 2025) — Pasal 3: SPDN includes individuals present in Indonesia more than 183 days in any 12-month period

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— read Indonesian tax residency. There is a 4-year foreign-income window for qualifying experts (

yes

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), but this DTA (

yes

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) plus the foreign tax credit is what actually prevents double tax on your foreign income.

United Kingdom-side traps — destination does not delete them

United Kingdom domestic traps still apply when Indonesia is the destination (

yes

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). The income treaty narrows double tax; it does not cancel your home-country obligations.

Art 4 — what actually breaks a dual-residence tie

4 rungs

Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — count of ordered rungs in the individual cascade (0 = straight to mutual agreement)

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. Nationality is a rung:

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. Ends at mutual agreement:

yes

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The twistNo nationality rung. A British passport does not break a tie here — habitual abode in both States or in neither sends the question to the competent authorities.

The DJP text is MLI-synthesised, but the MLI residence change replaces the company rule, not the individual ladder (

yes

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Employment exercised in Indonesia

Three checks, not oneThe treaty employment rule sits in

Article 15

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Dependent Personal Services

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. The short-stay ceiling is

183 days

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — short-stay day ceiling

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, measured in the

any continuous period of twelve months

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — day-count window

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. The day count alone is not a safe answer: the employer and permanent-establishment / fixed-base conditions must also pass (

yes

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — employer and PE/fixed-base limbs also required (CA also offers a CAD 5,000 alternative limb)

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Day-count trapUnited Kingdom–Indonesia measures 183 days in any continuous twelve-month period. Relief sits in Article 21, not a higher-numbered OECD-style article.

When both States tax the same income

The treaty relief method is

ordinary tax credit

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Article 21 ordinary credit method

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under

Article 21

Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — relief article

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. A credit is not an exemption: keep the foreign assessment and proof of tax paid, and apply the domestic credit limit in the State granting relief.

Filed cells on this page

Evidence and sources18 dated facts for United Kingdom–Indonesia tax: DTA in force (effective 1995-01-01), worldwide-income hinge, home-side traps, Art 4 tie-breaker filed

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United Kingdom–Indonesia income tax treaty (P3B) is in force
DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — United Kingdom P3B in force (effective 1995-01-01)
yes
Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — United Kingdom P3B in force (effective 1995-01-01)
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P3B effective date
DJP tax treaty register — Tanggal Efektif for the United Kingdom P3B
1995-01-01
Source DJP tax treaty register — Tanggal Efektif for the United Kingdom P3B
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Indonesia taxes residents on worldwide income, so this DTA carries real weight
Stack with Indonesia worldwide taxation for tax residents (SPDN, /indonesia/tax) — a resident's foreign income is taxable in Indonesia, so this DTA plus the foreign tax credit is what actually prevents double tax
yes
Source Stack with Indonesia worldwide taxation for tax residents (SPDN, /indonesia/tax) — a resident's foreign income is taxable in Indonesia, so this DTA plus the foreign tax credit is what actually prevents double tax
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UK domestic traps still apply (Statutory Residence Test, temporary non-residence CGT, FIG regime)
uk_vn_tax — SRT, TNR CGT, FIG reuse across destinations
yes
Source uk_vn_tax — SRT, TNR CGT, FIG reuse across destinations
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Art 4 tie-breaker cascade for United Kingdom–Indonesia dual residence
United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — individual dual-residence tie-breaker, read line-by-line 2026-08
permanent home → centre of vital interests → habitual abode → mutual agreement
Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — individual dual-residence tie-breaker, read line-by-line 2026-08
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Rungs in the individual cascade before mutual agreement
United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — count of ordered rungs in the individual cascade (0 = straight to mutual agreement)
4 rungs
Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — count of ordered rungs in the individual cascade (0 = straight to mutual agreement)
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Nationality is a tie-breaker rung in this treaty
United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — whether nationality/citizenship appears as a tie-breaker rung
no
Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — whether nationality/citizenship appears as a tie-breaker rung
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Unresolved dual residence ends at mutual agreement between the two tax authorities
United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — whether the individual cascade ends in a competent-authority mutual agreement procedure
yes
Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — whether the individual cascade ends in a competent-authority mutual agreement procedure
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What is different about this tie-breaker
United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — how this cascade departs from, or matches, the OECD model order
No nationality rung. A British passport does not break a tie here — habitual abode in both States or in neither sends the question to the competent authorities.
Source United Kingdom–Indonesia P3B Art 4(2) (heading: FISCAL DOMICILE), full text published by DJP — how this cascade departs from, or matches, the OECD model order
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The MLI change here hits companies, not individuals
DJP publishes this partner as an MLI-synthesised text; MLI Art 4 (dual resident entities) replaces the entity paragraph only — the individual tie-breaker above is the one that applies to a person
yes
Source DJP publishes this partner as an MLI-synthesised text; MLI Art 4 (dual resident entities) replaces the entity paragraph only — the individual tie-breaker above is the one that applies to a person
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Treaty article for employment income
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Dependent Personal Services
Article 15
Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Dependent Personal Services
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Short-stay day ceiling for employment exemption
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — short-stay day ceiling
183 days
Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — short-stay day ceiling
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How the short-stay days are measured
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — day-count window
any continuous period of twelve months
Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — day-count window
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Whether all short-stay limbs must pass together
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — employer and PE/fixed-base limbs also required (CA also offers a CAD 5,000 alternative limb)
yes
Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — employer and PE/fixed-base limbs also required (CA also offers a CAD 5,000 alternative limb)
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Treaty method for eliminating double taxation
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Article 21 ordinary credit method
ordinary tax credit
Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Article 21 ordinary credit method
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Treaty article for relief from double taxation
UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — relief article
Article 21
Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — relief article
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A UK–Indonesia social security agreement is in force
GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Indonesia as a UK social security agreement partner
no
Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Indonesia as a UK social security agreement partner
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Source state may tax private pensions arising from employment there (Art 18)
UK–ID Agreement Art 18(1) (official convention text as published in ASEAN Briefing treaty PDF) — subject to Art 19(2), any pension or similar remuneration paid to a resident of one State from a source in the other for past employment in that other State, and any annuity from such a source, may be taxed in that other (source) State
yes
Source UK–ID Agreement Art 18(1) (official convention text as published in ASEAN Briefing treaty PDF) — subject to Art 19(2), any pension or similar remuneration paid to a resident of one State from a source in the other for past employment in that other State, and any annuity from such a source, may be taxed in that other (source) State
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Common questions

Is there a tax treaty between United Kingdom and Indonesia?

Why does Indonesia's worldwide rule make this treaty matter more?

Do United Kingdom-side traps still apply?

Yes. Your home-country machine does not switch off at the border. The DTA sits between the two tax systems — it narrows double tax, it does not delete either country's domestic rules.

Is this the same as the United Kingdom–Vietnam pair?

Same home-country machine, different destination treaty and local law. Do not copy the Vietnam cascade or article numbers onto Indonesia without reading this convention.

If both countries call me resident, which one wins?

What is the employment short-stay day count?

United Kingdom–Indonesia measures 183 days in any continuous twelve-month period. Relief sits in Article 21, not a higher-numbered OECD-style article.

UK → Indonesia · four cells

Four machines a thread usually collapses

Social security / totalization	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Indonesia as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog. Income DTA does not totalise contributions.
Treaty pensions	yes Source UK–ID Agreement Art 18(1) (official convention text as published in ASEAN Briefing treaty PDF) — subject to Art 19(2), any pension or similar remuneration paid to a resident of one State from a source in the other for past employment in that other State, and any annuity from such a source, may be taxed in that other (source) State Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog. Taxing rights ≠ portability of your home pension.
Foreign-income / remittance hinge	yes Source DJP Peraturan Direktur Jenderal Pajak Nomor PER-23/PJ/2025 — Penentuan Subjek Pajak Dalam Negeri dan Subjek Pajak Luar Negeri (full text on pajak.go.id, 9 Dec 2025) — stacked with UU PPh: an SPDN individual is taxed on income wherever earned; PER-23 decides who is SPDN Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog. Who taxes worldwide vs remitted vs source-only.
Home-side traps still on	yes Source uk_vn_tax — SRT, TNR CGT, FIG reuse across destinations Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog. UK domestic gates survive the move.

Why this beats a Facebook answer method

Method: how a fact cell works. Desk with memory when cells move: firms. Canonical pair: /united-kingdom-to-indonesia/tax.

Filed cells for this pair

Indonesia stay · labour · tax

Stay · Earn · Tax · Compare

Tax-residence day test	183 days Source DJP Peraturan Direktur Jenderal Pajak Nomor PER-23/PJ/2025 — Penentuan Subjek Pajak Dalam Negeri dan Subjek Pajak Luar Negeri (full text on pajak.go.id, 9 Dec 2025) — Pasal 3: SPDN includes individuals present in Indonesia more than 183 days in any 12-month period Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Foreign / worldwide income	yes Source DJP Peraturan Direktur Jenderal Pajak Nomor PER-23/PJ/2025 — Penentuan Subjek Pajak Dalam Negeri dan Subjek Pajak Luar Negeri (full text on pajak.go.id, 9 Dec 2025) — stacked with UU PPh: an SPDN individual is taxed on income wherever earned; PER-23 decides who is SPDN Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Long-stay instrument (filed)	5 years Source Kemlu/Imigrasi Golden Visa booklet — Second home E33 · 5 years Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.
Local earn gate (filed)	yes Source PP 34/2021 on Utilization of Foreign Workers — employer must obtain RPTKA approval before employing a foreign national; processed via Kemnaker TKA Online Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.

Continue from this pair

UK × Indonesia stays named. Overlay → stay / earn / dest tax → tools.

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Home × land · UK × Indonesia Two dests · UK From United Kingdom Indonesia hub UK → Indonesia tax

UK across six lands

Land	Treaty	Relief	SSA	Open
Vietnam	yes Source UK–Vietnam DTA 1994; SI 1994/3216; GOV.UK Vietnam tax treaties Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source SI 1994/3216 Schedule Art 15 / Art 22; nguon/UK_VN_DTA_1994.md Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Vietnam as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Vietnam
Thailand	yes Source GOV.UK Thailand tax treaties — double taxation convention entered into force on 20 November 1981 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–Thailand Convention Art 23 — UK credits Thai tax; Thailand credits UK tax, subject to domestic limits Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Thailand as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Thailand
IndonesiaHere	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — United Kingdom P3B in force (effective 1995-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Article 21 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Indonesia as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Indonesia
Philippines	yes Source BIR Philippine Double Taxation Agreements list — United Kingdom treaty in force (effective 1979-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–Philippines Convention Art. 21 — each State grants credit for qualifying tax paid in the other State, subject to the treaty limits Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements — Philippines listed among UK bilateral social security agreement countries Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Philippines
Malaysia	yes Source GOV.UK — 1996 UK–Malaysia Double Taxation Agreement as amended by the 2010 Protocol — in force; HMRC DT12750: comprehensive Agreement (SI 1997/2987) entered into force 8 July 1998 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–MY DTA Art 16 Dependent Personal Services (GOV.UK) — not Art 15 (independent) — Article 24 ordinary credit Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Malaysia as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Malaysia
Portugal	yes Source GOV.UK 'Portugal: tax treaties' + HMRC DT15600 — the 2025 UK–Portugal Double Taxation Convention (SI 2025 No. 1300), signed in London 15 September 2025, entered into force 29 December 2025; effective in the UK from 1 Jan 2026 (WHT), 1 Apr 2026 (CT), 6 Apr 2026 (IT/CGT), and in Portugal from 1 Jan 2026 Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–Portugal 2025 DTC Art 21 — Elimination of Double Taxation, UK credit for Portuguese tax Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	yes Source GOV.UK NI38 — Portugal is an EU social security agreement country for the UK Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Portugal

Eight passports on Indonesia 8 overlays

Passport	Treaty	Relief	SSA	Open
AU	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — Australia P3B in force (effective 1993-07-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source AU–ID Art 15(2) — 120-day short-stay (not 183); four limbs including taxability in residence State — Article 24 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source DSS — Australia international social security agreements list does not include Indonesia Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	AU → Indonesia
SG	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — Singapore P3B in force (effective 2022-01-01) (revised treaty replacing the 1990 agreement; confirm exact effective date on the DJP entry) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source SG–ID Art 15 — 183 days in any 12-month period — Article 23 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source CPF Board / Singapore domestic CPF regime — no Singapore–Indonesia social security / CPF totalisation agreement published; same gate as sg_vn_social_security_agreement_in_force (nguon/SG_SIDE_TRAPS.md pattern) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	SG → Indonesia
KR	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — South Korea P3B in force (effective 1990-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source KR–ID Art 15 — 183 days in the fiscal year concerned — Article 23 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source NPS social security agreements overview — Indonesia is not among Korea’s published SSA partners (MOU lump-sum paths elsewhere do not equal an SSA) Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	KR → Indonesia
CN	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — China P3B in force (effective 2004-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source CN–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any twelve-month period — Article 23 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source MOHRSS / published China bilateral social security partner list (13 countries) does not include Indonesia — same gate as cn_vn_social_security_agreement_in_force Checked Aug 2026 · Band med · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	CN → Indonesia
JP	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — Japan P3B in force (effective 1983-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source JP–ID Art 15 — 183 days in the calendar year concerned — Article 23 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source Japan Pension Service — Status of Agreements in Force (24 partners) does not include Indonesia Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	JP → Indonesia
UKHere	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — United Kingdom P3B in force (effective 1995-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source UK–ID Art 15 — 183 days within any continuous twelve-month period; relief is Art 21 — Article 21 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source GOV.UK Reciprocal agreements + NI38 country lists do not include Indonesia as a UK social security agreement partner Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	UK → Indonesia
CA	yes Source DJP (pajak.go.id) tax treaty register — Canada P3B in force (effective 1999-01-01) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source CA–ID Art 15(2) — 120 days within any twelve-month period; short-stay also needs either CAD 5,000 ceiling or employer/PE limbs — Article 22 ordinary credit method Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source CRA countries-with-agreement table (Open Government CSV July 2024) does not list Indonesia Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	CA → Indonesia
US	yes Source US–Indonesia Income Tax Convention signed Jakarta 11 July 1988; general effective date under Art 30: 1 January 1990 (irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/indo.pdf) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	ordinary tax credit Source US–Indonesia DTA Art 23 — foreign tax credit method (cell us_id_ftc_relief_art23 already filed) Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	no Source SSA — U.S. International Social Security (Totalization) Agreements list does not include Indonesia Checked Aug 2026 · Band low · Status fresh Open primary URL Method: figures past 2× SLA hide. See /method · /status · /changelog.	US → Indonesia

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Named pair: From United Kingdom · UK → Indonesia tax.

Also filed for Indonesia: Australia · Singapore · South Korea · China · Japan · Canada · United States.