Jakarta, June 28 -- The Finance Ministry has said that the government has decided to use e-commerce platforms to collect tax on sellers' sales income to streamline tax administration and ensure people's commitment to paying taxes, adding that the measure is not new.

The ministry's director general for economic and fiscal strategy, Febrio Kacaribu, said that the policy has been implemented across other platforms, such as Google and Netflix to name a few.

"So, this is not a new kind of tax. This kind of tax (has existed earlier)," he explained here on Saturday.

He said that the government expects to collaborate with platforms to help them collect the tax on sellers' sales income. The reform is expected to add to the government's annual r...