General Definition of SOP
In general, every organisation, whether profit or non-profit, has organisational goals that must be balanced with effectiveness and efficiency.
Effectiveness relates to how each organisation achieves the targets that have been set so that the management of the organisation is effective.
Efficiency relates to how the use of organisational resources can be managed optimally so that there is no waste.
To achieve effectiveness and efficiency, SOPs become one of the important assets for an organisation to control all organisational decisions and activities systematically. SOP is a document that contains guidelines and systematic steps related to the implementation of an organisation’s activities. Developing SOPs is basically a strategic step for organisational management to continue to grow and develop in accordance with organisational decisions and activities based on systematic and effective guidelines.
Benefits of SOPs
There are many benefits that can be obtained from using SOPs, including:
- Become the legal basis that applies in the organisation so as to facilitate decision making;
- Become a reference for work, duties, and employee performance;
- Become a guideline for systematic implementation of work so that the organisation can achieve effectiveness and efficiency;
- Providing detailed information on a job so as to minimise errors;
- etc.
Correlation of SOP in Taxation
In order not to face taxation problems in the future, the right choice is to implement tax management. The first step of tax management is tax planning. Taxation SOP is part of one of the crucial steps in tax planning. The preparation of the Taxation SOP is also a strategic and operational step in corporate tax planning. The reason is that the Taxation SOP includes complete aspects of tax management, including the objectives of tax management, namely the effective and efficient implementation of tax obligations.
The SOP serves as a guideline to be able to anticipate a problem and can be a reference for carrying out work as a legal basis if something goes wrong in the company. Taxation SOP can contain a series of written instructions documenting routine and repetitive activities that must be followed by every element of the organisation, so that organisational activities are carried out reasonably and consistently.
To ensure that the Taxation SOP is in accordance with the needs of the company and the standards of tax regulations in Indonesia, a professional and experienced companion in the field of taxation is required.
This discussion related to SOP Perpajakan is also available in bilingual version. Please access the file at the link below.
Taxation SOP
