B Bawono Kristiaji

Kristiaji is the Director of DDTC Fiscal Research & Advisory. He is an experienced practitioner in public finance, tax policy, and transfer pricing. He is a regular speaker in topics regarding transfer pricing and tax policy in various
seminars, trainings, and group discussions held by DDTC, private institutions, educational institutions, and government agencies.

Kristiaji is also the Tax Policy Expert of Indonesia Association of Tax Center and Tax Academics (PERTAPSI). He is a major contributor to many tax books published by DDTC. He also served as the chief editor for DDTC Working Papers and the expert contributor for InsideTax magazine.

For his thought leadership, he is actively invited as a source person for many global and domestic media covering tax and economic policy issues.

• Assisted a leading Indonesian telecom group in securing a tax holiday for its complex digital innovation project. Overcame regulatory hurdles and proved digital infrastructure qualified as a pioneer industry investment.
• Developed a comprehensive tax reform framework for a government body to enhance long-term revenue resilience following major structural changes. Integrated economic modeling with policy design later adopted at multiple administrative levels.
• Developed a pioneering anti-avoidance framework for a government authority, now applied to monitor high-risk taxpayers and protect revenue from aggressive cross-border tax practices.

• Compliance management: Business model optimisation, Cross-border project management, Economic modelling, IP management, Policy design, Technology services
• Corporate tax matters: APAs, Corporate taxes, Cost-sharing arrangements, Cryptocurrency, Financial services, Restructuring, Technology, Transactions, Value chains
• Indirect tax: Customs, GST, Supply chains, VAT
• Tax advisory: International tax advisory, Tax consulting
• Transfer pricing: Business model optimisation, Business restructuring, Cost-sharing arrangements, Cross-border project management, Economic modelling, International tax planning, IP management, TP policy design, TP risk management

• Agriculture
• Automotive
• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Financial services
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Food and beverage
• Forestry
• Gaming
• Government and public policy
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Insurance
• Investment management
• Media
• Mining
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Pharmaceutical and life sciences
• Real estate
• Shipping
• Social infrastructure
• Technology and telecommunications
• Tourism
• Transport
• Utilities

• Master's degree in Economic Science, Universitas Indonesia, 2010

   

• Master's degree in International Business Tax and Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University, 2014