The Illomata International Journal of Management Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting P-ISSN: 2714-9838; E-ISSN: 2714-9846 Volume 4, Issue 2 April 2023 Page No. 296-310 296 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati1, Musa Maha Sulung Sitinjak2, Dwikora Harjo3, Aramia Fahriah4 1234Institut Ilmu Sosial dan Manajemen STIAMI, Indonesia Correspondent: ukhti.ra@gmail.com1 Received : January 3, 2023 Accepted : April 14, 2023 Published : April 30, 2023 Citation: Irawati., Sitinjak, M, M, S., Harjo, D., Fahriah, A. (2023). Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office. Ilomata International Journal of Tax and Accounting, 4(2), 296-310. https://doi.org/10.52728/ijtc.v4i2.682 ABSTRACT: E-Objection is one of the services of the Directorate of Taxes that can be used by taxpayers in submitting tax objection letters. E-Objection is an adoption policy that is an alternative to the previous program, namely the manual submission of objection letters. E-Objection can be accessed via E-Filling. This research is motivated by the lack of exploration of the introduction of E-Objection to taxpayers that there are still many who submit objection letters manually. Based on the data submitted by the Directorate General of Taxes (Direktorat Jenderal Pajak/DJP) and previous research in 2021 based on 2020 data, data on submitting objection letters online (E- Objectionareis still very minimal so that are problems in analyzing the effectiveness of E-Objection. Therefore, this study was conductedtoo to analyze the effectiveness of E-Objection from 2020 to 2021 at KPP Pratama Cibitung, but because the data of taxpayers who submitted objection letters by E-Objection was confidential, it was hindered from interviewing informants who had accessed E-Objection besides that because E-Objection data could not be accessed from KPP Pratama, so in this study using two research objects, namely KPP Pratama Cibitung and Kanwil DJP II. So that the purpose of this study can determine the effectiveness of E-Objection as an alternative to the previous system. Based on E-Objection data in the West Java DJP Regional Office II in 2020 there were 109 data and in 2021 there were 115 data so it could be known that there was an increase, but based on the percentage of effectiveness criteria, the percentage of e-objection effectiveness in the DJP of the West Java Regional Office II in 2020 was 8.93% and in 2021 it was 9.75% so that it can be concluded that the analysis of the effectiveness of E- Objection in KPP Pratama Cibitung during the Covid-19 pandemic (2020-2021) was ineffective. Keywords: Effectiveness, E-Filling, E-Objection, Taxpayers, Covid-19 This is an open access article under the CC- BY 4.0 license. https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc mailto:ukhti.ra@gmail.com https://doi.org/10.52728/ijtc.v4i2.682 Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 297 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc INTRODUCTION E-Objection is one of the channels for submitting a letter of objection, based on Article 9 of PMK 9/2013 which states that the objection letter can be submitted elsewhere, namely electronically (e- filing). The E-Objection feature service also makes monitoring data collection by the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office easier (Kumala et al., 2021; Revida & dkk, 2020). In 2020 covid-19 began to spread in Indonesia, requiring each individual to maintain distance and limit activities (Safitri et al., 2021; Taylor & Knipe, 2022). However, to maintain the Indonesian economy, work continues to run but using (Work from Home) and automatic tax payments continue. However, due to this pandemic situation, the Government has made new policies such as Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) and the Implementation of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) (Hadi, 2017; Ispriyarso, 2019). For stem to can continue to run in a balanced manner, the obligations and rights of each taxpayer can still be fulfilled by an alternative system from the previous policy or manually. One of the policies adopted as an alternative to the previous policy is E-Objection (Satria et al., 2021; Segal & Gerstel, 2018.; Wright et al., 2022; Zhang et al., 2022). Based on data obtained from the West Java DJP Regional Office II, the number of taxpayers registered at the West Java Regional Office II in 2020-2021 is as follows: Table 1 Number of Taxpayers Registered with West Java Regional Office II for 2020-2021 No. KPP Number of Taxpayers 2020 Number of Taxpayers 2021 1. Pratama Karawang 764.630 819.353 2. Pratama Cikarang Selatan 314.620 338.989 3. Pratama Cikarang Utara 269.975 290.700 4. Pratama Cirebon Satu 135.867 142.253 5. Madya Bekasi 2.054 2.059 6. Pratama Cibitung 508.073 545 224 7. Pratama Indramayu 397.832 431.327 8. Pratama Kuningan 533.186 564.133 9. Pratama Subang 411.503 446.548 10 Pratama Cirebon Dua 480.276 513.784 11. Pratama Madya Karawang - 2.070 Total 480.019 4.096.440 Source: West Java Regional Office II, 2022. Based on Table 1 above, there are several numbers of taxpayers in 2020 and 2021 from each KPP from the West Java Regional Office II. One of them is the object of this study, namely KPP Pratama Cibitung. In 2020 there were 508,073 taxpayers and became the second highest position in the West Java Regional Office II. In 2020 there were 545,224 taxpayers and became the second highest position in the West Java Regional Office II. https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 298 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Based on data sourced from KPP Pratama Cibitung, the number of taxpayers registered with KPP Pratama Cibitung in 2020-2021 is as follows: Table 2 Number of Taxpayers Registered by the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office for 2020-2021 No. Types of Taxpayers Tax Year 2020 2021 1. Corporate 19.954 22.711 2. Non-Employee Private Persons 85.517 92.161 3. Employee Personal Persons 402.602 430.352 Total 508.073 545.224 Source: Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office, 2022 Based on Table 2 above, according to what can be obtained from KPP Pratama Cibitung, there are several numbers of taxpayers in 2020 and 2021. In 2020, the number of taxpayers was 508,073 consisting of 3 types, namely Corporate Taxpayers as many as 22,711, non-employee Individual Taxpayers as many as 85,517 and Individual employees taxpayers as many as 402,602. In 2021, the number of taxpayers is 545,073 consisting of 3 types, namely Corporate Taxpayers as many as 19,954, non-employee Individual Taxpayers as many as 92,161 and Individual employee taxpayers as many as 430,352. The Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) said that the intensity of using electronic objection submission applications or e-Objection is still relatively low (Liu et al., 2011). DJP Director of Objections and Appeals Wansepta Nirwanda said the use of the e-objection application is still relatively low since its release on August 1, 2020 (Nasution, 2020; Petrila et al., 2022; Rey, 2021; Valenzuela et al., 2023). According to him, taxpayers still rely on conventional channels in raising objections. "E-Objection which began to be implemented on August 1, 2020, but has not been optimally utilized by taxpayers. It takes time to change people's mindset to want to take advantage of his new channel," he said, quoted on Tuesday (23/11/2021) https://news.ddtc.co.id/djp-sebut- wajib-pajak-belum-manfaatkan-e-objection-secara-optimal-34697. Based on data obtained from the Regional Office of DJP West Java II, the following is the number of objection letter submissions by E-Objection and Manual 2020-2021: Table 3 Number of E-Objection and Manual Submissions for 2020-2021 at the West Java Regional Office II No. Type 2020 2021 Grand Total DJP Online TPT KPP Total DJP Online TPT KPP Total 1. Objection 109 1.111 1.220 115 962 1.077 2.297 2. Article 36(1) a - 3.359 3.359 - 3.300 3.300 6.659 3. Article 36(1) b - 113 113 - 102 102 215 4. Article 36(1) c - 478 478 - 386 386 864 5. Article 36(1) d - 19 19 - - - 19 https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc https://news.ddtc.co.id/djp-sebut-wajib-pajak-belum-manfaatkan-e-objection-secara-optimal-34697 https://news.ddtc.co.id/djp-sebut-wajib-pajak-belum-manfaatkan-e-objection-secara-optimal-34697 Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 299 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc 6. Grand Total 109 5.080 5.189 115 4.750 4.865 10.054 Source: West Java Regional Office II, 2022. In Table 3, it can be seen data on the number of E-Objection submissions in 2020 with the types of objections in DJP Online as many as 109 and TPT KPP as many as 1,111 with a total of 1,220 and a difference of 1,002. In 2021, the types of objections to DJP Online were as many as 115 and TPT KPP as many as 962 with a total of 1,077 and a difference of 847. The submission of objection letters by DJP Online in 2020 and 2021 has increased, namely by 6 and the submission of objection letters by KPP TPT in 2020 and 2021 has decreased by 149. Previously, research was conducted by Ratih Kumala, Agus Subagyo, Dwikora Harjo, Pebriana Arimbhi, and Mainita Hidayati (2021) (Kumala et al., 2021) regarding the effectiveness of e- objection at the South Bekasi Pratama Tax Service Office. However, from the results of the study, there is an obstacle, namely that socialization has not been carried out for all taxpayers of the South Bekasi Primary Tax Service Office (Drucker et al., 2020; Ravenda et al., 2020). Therefore, the author will conduct a study with the research title "Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Pratama Tax Service Office" with a systemization, namely analyzing the effectiveness of e- objection in making it easier for officers and taxpayers at the Cibitung Pratama Tax Service Office. By the parameters of effectiveness measurement (Putra, 1983; Qadri & Fatmawati, 2021; Sa’adah, 2018). Literature Review a. Effectiveness According to Mahmudi (2010: 143): "Effectiveness is the relationship between output and the goal or objectives to be achieved. It is said to be effective if the process of activities achieves the goals and objectives of the end of the policy". b. Measurement of Effectiveness After knowing the aspect of the dimension of effectiveness, then measuring the effectiveness of the policy requires measurement. (HAMAD, 2022; Saragih, 2018) explained that the measurement of the effectiveness of a policy can be seen by, among others: • The success of the program is a measurement of effectiveness in the sense of achieving predetermined goals. • The success of goals/targets is a measurement of effectiveness in terms of achieving goals, where the success of an organization must consider not only organizational goals but also mechanisms for maintaining goals. In other words, the assessment of effectiveness must be related to the problem of goals and objectives. • Satisfaction with the program is a measurement of effectiveness in terms of the satisfaction of its objects the program. • Achievement of overall goals, the existence of goals achieved as a whole including programs and targets. https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 300 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc c. Effectiveness Criteria The E-Objection Effectiveness measurement formula is obtained by using the formula: 𝐸𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 = 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝐸 − 𝑂𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛) 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑥 100% Table 4 Percentage of Effectiveness Criteria d. Tax According to Mardiasmo in (Kashefi Pour & Lasfer, 2019; Lazăr & Istrate, 2018; Mardiasmo, 2013; Revesz, 2020): "Taxes are dues paid by the people to the state that are included in the state treasury that implements the law and its implementation can be forced without repayment". e. Taxpayer The definition of taxpayer according to Diana Sari (2016: 178) (González Canché, 2022; Rahmi et al., 2022)is as follows: "Taxpayers are parties based on the provisions of tax laws and regulations to carry out tax obligations." Taxpayers are divided into 2 types, namely: 1. Individual Taxpayers Individual taxpayers are tax subjects who have income from their own business or have non-free jobs such as employees or employees who only earn passive income whose income is above non- taxable income (PTKP), which is IDR 54,000,000.00 and each taxpayer registers and has a taxpayer identification number (NPWP). 2. Corporate Taxpayers According to the Kup Law of the Republic of Indonesia No.16 of 2009 Article 1 Paragraph 3 states that: "Corporate Taxpayers are a group of people and/or capital that is a unit both doing business and not doing business which includes limited liability companies, private companies, other companies, state-owned enterprises or regional-owned enterprises under any name and in any form, firms, congregations, cooperatives, pension funds, alliances, associations, mass organization foundations, socio-political or other organizations, institutions and other forms of entities including collective investment contracts and permanent establishments". No. Range Percentage Information 1. > 100% Highly effective 2. 90% - 100% Effective 3. 80% - 90% Enough Effective 4. 60% - 80% Less Effective 5. < 60% Ineffective https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 301 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc f. Tax Objections Tax Objection is the way taken by a taxpayer if he is not / dissatisfied with a tax provision imposed on him or for withholding/collection by a third party. The legal basis for tax objections is article 25 and article 26 and many more legal bases for tax objections are listed in other laws. g. E-Objection E-Objection is an electronic submission of a Letter of Objection available on the djponline.pajak.go.id website. Conceptual Framework In this concept, the author processes a framework in the form of policy effectiveness has 4 (four) to measure policy effectiveness according to Campbell in Saragih (2017)(Rex & Campbell, 2022) as follows: 1. The success of the program, which is researched in this case from the effectiveness of the program that can be run with operational capabilities in implementing the program how the program is successful, with the effectiveness of the E-Objection feature to improve employee performance at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office and make it easier for taxpayers to submit objection letters online. 2. The success of the target/ target, which is studied in this case is the realization of an action, especially within the Directorate General of Taxation with one of them conducting an application, one of the implementations is the e-Objection service feature which came into effect on August 1, 2020. 3. Program satisfaction, which is studied in this case is towards the e-Objection service feature program the results of the author's interview with several informants can be drawn conclusions the service product from the e-Objection service feature is intended to provide services electronically to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of delivering objection letters online, this service feature produces a good service product and there are no obstacles related to the satisfaction of the e-Objection service program only features e-Objection services are still limited, only for filing tax decree objections and not many have used them. 4. The achievement of the overall goal, which is studied in this case is the achievement of the overall goal of this feature of the e-Objection service, judging from the results of the author's interviews with several informants (officers and taxpayers). METHOD This research uses a Qualitative Approach with data collection techniques (Moleong & J., 2014)using in-depth observations and interviews with informants including staff of the KPP Pratama Cibitung Secretariat, staff of the West Java DJP Regional Secretariat II, academics and taxpayers of KPP Pratama Cibitung (Suci, 2013). https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 302 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Until now, there has been no research that discusses the analysis of the effectiveness of E- Objection in making it easier for officers and taxpayers during the Covid-19 pandemic at the Cibitung primary tax service office. So it is hoped that the results of the author's research will be constructive input and can make it easier for taxpayers who want to submit a tax objection letter through E-Objection. According to Miles and Huberman in(Sugiyono, 2020) stated that "activities in qualitative data analysis are carried out continuously until complete so that the data is saturated". RESULT AND DISCUSSION Table 5 Informant Data Based on primary data (interviews) that the author has conducted to obtain and collect more accurate data and secondary data in the form of documentation related to the Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers During the Covid- 19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office. According to Mahmudi (2010: 143): "Effectiveness is the relationship between output and the goal or objectives to be achieved. It is said to be effective if the process of activities achieves the goals and objectives of the end of the policy". Therefore, the E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office is said to be effectively measured by the relationship between outputs and goals and objectives of the E- Objection program. The following is data analysis of data that has been found as a result of research using data analysis according to Campbell J.P in Saragih (2017) that there are 4 elements of measuring effectiveness in analyzing the effectiveness of E-Objection Effectiveness Analysis in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office as stated in the conceptual model that has been set: 1. Analysis of Taxpayers' Understanding at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office on E- Objection. a. Program Success The thing behind the E-Objection policy as a fulfilment of the rights of the tax system is that the DJP wants to provide the best service for taxpayers so that taxpayers can submit their objection letters easily and more effectively. Therefore, the Directorate General of Taxes issued E-Objection as an alternative policy to the previous policy. The legal basis or regulation regarding E-Objection is written in the Regulation of the Director General of Taxes PER-14 / PJ / 2020 concerning No. Name Position Information 1. Rizkah Student Taxpayer 2. Gabriella Employee Taxpayer 3. Mrs Ratih Kumala Academic Parties Taxpayer 4. Mr Alfin West Java DJP Regional Office Secretariat II Tax Officer of the Regional Office of DJP West Java II https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 303 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Procedures for Submitting Objection Letters Electronically (E-filing) and Article 9 of the Minister of Finance Regulation Number 9 / PMK.03 / 2013 concerning Procedures for Submitting and Resolving Objections as amended by Minister of Finance Regulation Number 202 / PMK.03 / 2015. The party involved in the formulation of the E-Objection program is the Directorate General of Taxes based on the aim of aspiring taxpayers. The benefit of the E-Objection system for taxpayers is that it makes it easier for taxpayers to submit tax objection letters, which saves more time and facilitates interaction distances so that they can still submit objection letters during the Pandemic and in the future. Regarding the E-Objection program as an effort to fulfil tax rights for taxpayers, the government wants to provide an alternative electronically so that, taxpayers can submit objection letters anywhere without queuing and as an effort to tax officers is to make it easier for Tax Officers to respond to each objection letter. By electronic means, it can review the letter of objection filed. And according to informants, an effective way to introduce E-Objection to the public, especially taxpayers, is during the current Pandemic, efforts are being made in introducing E-Objection by using electronic media in the form of online education that explaining E-Objection and tutorials on submitting objection letters electronically. The institution that plays a role in the formulation of the E-Objection program is the Government (Directorate General of Taxes). The part responsible for introducing E-Objection is the tax apparatus of the Directorate General of Taxes which procounsellingseling on tax knowledge and assigned tax officers. The efforts of tax officers at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office as part of the Institution that plays a role in the E- Objection program to introduce E-Objection to taxpayers are tax officers introducing E-Objection through electronic media or social media. Introducing an E-Objection to the public, of course, has an SOP, the thing that must be considered in introducing E-Objection is of course paying attention to the current conditions but still making efforts to introduce E-Objection. So that the party who can provide socialization is the Tax Officer in the Service Department who certainly understands. Given that this policy is only in the release. The result of efforts to introduce E-Objection to the public is that the public is already familiar with E-Objection because the efforts of tax officers in introducing E-Objection have been many, not only at KPP Pratama Cibitung but at other KPP Pratama and DJP as well. b. Target/Target Success The objectives and targets to be achieved from the establishment of the E-Objection program are to make it easier for taxpayers to process the submission of Objection Letters, anytime and anywhere; improve services to the community and also streamline the operations and administration of the Directorate General of Taxes (DJP); providing the latest facilities for taxpayers to be able to submit Objection Letters Online by utilizing internet technology; make it easier for tax officers to serve and process data collection of Objection Letter submissions. What makes the target in introducing E-Objection is For specific targets there is no, but the target of this E-Objection is to make the process of submitting and reviewing the submitted objection letters more effective and can be done anywhere and anytime. Of course, after taxpayers already know this E-Objection program, of course, it will be more effective, because the submission of https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 304 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc objection letters electronically, is not limited to the KPP work operation time and can also be submitted at any time. Based on E-Objection data obtained from the West Java DJP Regional Office II, since the E-Objection was released in unin021, quite a lot of taxpayers have used E- Objection to submit objection letters. Things that must be prepared by the public (Taxpayers) who want to register an E-Objection account are active EFIN, register an account on the DJP Online page and have a valid electronic certificate. While the steps to register yourself using E-Objection are: a) Login to DJP Online is like submitting an Annual Tax Return (SPT) report. b) Go to the Profile menu. c) Check the permissions for e-Objection. d) Select the e-Objection tab. e) Fill in the Tax Determination Letter number to which the objection will be raised. c. Satisfaction with the Program E-Objection is more effective than manual ones because it is basically. E-Objection is an alternative to the previous policy (manual submission of objection letters) so E-Objection succeeds as an alternative way to submit objection letters. E-Objection is more effective in accommodating objection letters, so it can assist the performance of the authorities in responding to the option letters. d. Achievement of overall Goals E-Objection can be accepted by the public as an alternative to submitting a letter of objection so since PER-14/PJ/2020 came into force some Taxpayers have taken advantage of the E-Objection service. In introducing this E-Objection to the public, there are no obstacles so far, because the E- Objection recognition efforts only utilize social media so that it can be accessed anytime and anywhere. Based on the explanation of other dimensions, it has been known that E-Objection is an alternative to the previous program, namely manually, so it can be interpreted that E-Objection is a policy adopted from a previously existing program. During the period of introduction of the program, this adoption does not have a specific time calculation, because the Tax Officer will always update the development of the introduction of E-Objection during the community. The strategy used to monitor the success of the E-Objection program, the officer who is engaged always monitors the development of the number of comparisons of E-Objection use manually. https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 305 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc 2. Constraints on the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office. The obstacle encountered by the author in analyzing the effectiveness of E-Objection in making it easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 306 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Primary Tax Service Office is to interview taxpayers who have submitted a tax objection letter through E-Objection cannot be implemented because taxpayers who have submitted a tax objection letter through E-Objection are confidential. In addition, to obtain data on the number of E-Objections, it turned out to be inaccessible at the Tax Service Office, so the author was directed to look for data at the Regional Office of KPP Pratama Cibitung, namely the West Java Regional Office II. Based on the E-Objection data that the author got from the West Java Regional Office II, the amount of data for submitting tax objection letters manually is more than submitting a letter of objection by E-Objection. This is due to the limited scope for introducing e-objection directly. So other alternatives are used such as using a digital system as a solution. 3. Analyzing the Effectiveness of E-Objection during the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Based on E-Objection data since the release of E-Objection on August 1, 2020, until the end of 2021, the number of E-Objection submissions that the author received from the West Java Regional Office II has increased. In 2020 it was recorded at 109 and in 2021 it was recorded at 115. However, the data for submitting objection letters manually is also still more than for E - Objection. In 2020 the number of data on manual submission of objection letters was recorded at 1,111 so a difference of 1,002 data was obtained. Likewise, in 2021 the data for submitting objection letters manually was recorded at 962 so a difference of 847 data was obtained. However, based on this data, it can be seen that the effective percentage of E-Objection in 2020 reached 8.93% and in 2021 it reached 9.75% so it can be said that so far the submission of objection letters by E-Objection is not effective. CONCLUSION Based on the results of research, discussion, and achievements described in the previous chapters, as well as regarding theories and research results. So the author can conclude the Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers During the Covid- 19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office. As follows: 1. Of the 4 indicators of effectiveness measurement that the authors have seen, overall E- Objection has succeeded in becoming an alternative program adopted from the previous system, namely manually. Which, the thing behind the creation of E-Objection as an alternative to increasing rights for taxpayers is the limited location and time of the tax office, previously by manual means taxpayers could file a letter of objection to having to come to the tax office at the time of work operation. So that with the release of the E-Objection, taxpayers get convenience in submitting a Letter of Objection https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Irawati, Sitinjak, Harjo, and Fahriah 307 | Ilomata International Journal of Tax & Accounting https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc 2. The obstacle experienced related to the Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office is to interview taxpayers who have submitted a tax objection letter through E-Objection cannot be implemented because Taxpayers who have submitted a tax objection letter through E-Objection are confidential. In addition, to obtain data on the number of E-Objections, it turned out to be inaccessible at the Tax Service Office, so the author was directed to look for data at the Regional Office of KPP Pratama Cibitung, namely the West Java Regional Office II. Based on the E-Objection data that the author got from the West Java Regional Office II, the amount of data for submitting tax objection letters manually is more than submitting a letter of objection by E-Objection. This is due to the limited scope for introducing e-objection directly. 3. Based on E-Objection data since the release of E-Objection on August 1, 2020, until the end of 2021, the number of E-Objection submissions that the author received from the West Java Regional Office II has increased. In 2020 it was recorded at 109 and in 2021 it was recorded at 115. However, the data for submitting objection letters manually is also still more than for E-Objection. In 2020 the number of data on manual submission of objection letters was recorded at 1,111 so a difference of 1,002 data was obtained. Likewise, in 2021 the data for submitting objection letters manually was recorded at 962 so a difference of 847 data was obtained. However, based on this data, it can be seen that the effective percentage of E- Objection in 2020 reached 8.93% and in 2021 it reached 9.75% so it can be said that so far the submission of objection letters by E-Objection is not effective. Recommendations For further development, the author provides constructive suggestions and inputs to improve the effectiveness of E-Objection in Making it easier for Officers and Taxpayers during the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office as follows: 1. Increasing the Effectiveness of E-Objection as an alternative to submitting a letter of objection, the system of introducing E-Objection to the public (Taxpayers) is further improved, although for now it only utilizes digital media, the author suggests that on social media such as (Instagram, Youtube and others) can be posted about E-Objection so that more taxpayers know E-Objection. So that E-Objection can be used as a fulfilment of the rights of taxpayers, as well as tax officers so that it can be made easier to accommodate the objection letter submitted. 2. 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PLoS ONE, 17(11 November). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263552 Zhang, J., Ding, Y., Yang, X., Zhong, J., Qiu, X., Zou, Z., Xu, Y., Jin, X., Wu, X., Huang, J., & Zheng, Y. (2022). COVID-19’s impacts on the scope, effectiveness, and interaction characteristics of online learning: A social network analysis. PLoS ONE, 17(8 August). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273016 https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijtc INTRODUCTION RESULT AND DISCUSSION Table 5 Informant Data a) Login to DJP Online is like submitting an Annual Tax Return (SPT) report. b) Go to the Profile menu. c) Check the permissions for e-Objection. d) Select the e-Objection tab. e) Fill in the Tax Determination Letter number to which the objection will be raised. c. Satisfaction with the Program E-Objection is more effective than manual ones because it is basically. E-Objection is an alternative to the previous policy (manual submission of objection letters) so E-Objection succeeds as an alternative way to submit objection letters. E-Objectio... d. Achievement of overall Goals E-Objection can be accepted by the public as an alternative to submitting a letter of objection so since PER-14/PJ/2020 came into force some Taxpayers have taken advantage of the E-Objection service. In introducing this E-Objection to the public, there are no obstacles so far, because the E-Objection recognition efforts only utilize social media so that it can be accessed anytime and anywhere. Based on the explanation of other dimensions, it has been known that E-Objection is an alternative to the previous program, namely manually, so it can be interpreted that E-Objection is a policy adopted from a previously existing program. During the p... 2. Constraints on the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office. Primary Tax Service Office is to interview taxpayers who have submitted a tax objection letter through E-Objection cannot be implemented because taxpayers who have submitted a tax objection letter through E-Objection are confidential. In addition, to ... Based on the E-Objection data that the author got from the West Java Regional Office II, the amount of data for submitting tax objection letters manually is more than submitting a letter of objection by E-Objection. This is due to the limited scope fo... 3. Analyzing the Effectiveness of E-Objection during the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office Based on E-Objection data since the release of E-Objection on August 1, 2020, until the end of 2021, the number of E-Objection submissions that the author received from the West Java Regional Office II has increased. In 2020 it was recorded at 109 and... CONCLUSION Based on the results of research, discussion, and achievements described in the previous chapters, as well as regarding theories and research results. So the author can conclude the Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for ... 1. Of the 4 indicators of effectiveness measurement that the authors have seen, overall E-Objection has succeeded in becoming an alternative program adopted from the previous system, namely manually. Which, the thing behind the creation of E-Objection... So that with the release of the E-Objection, taxpayers get convenience in submitting a Letter of Objection 2. The obstacle experienced related to the Analysis of the Effectiveness of E-Objection in Making It Easier for Officers and Taxpayers During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) at the Cibitung Primary Tax Service Office is to interview taxpayers who ha... Based on the E-Objection data that the author got from the West Java Regional Office II, the amount of data for submitting tax objection letters manually is more than submitting a letter of objection by E-Objection. This is due to the limited scope fo... 3. Based on E-Objection data since the release of E-Objection on August 1, 2020, until the end of 2021, the number of E-Objection submissions that the author received from the West Java Regional Office II has increased. In 2020 it was recorded at 109 ... REFERENCE