BPJS Insurance

You are most certainly eligible to enroll in the National Health Plan on a retirement KITAS.  You will need a tax number if you don't already have one.

Hey Roy
Good to hear from you again. You have always given me information that is accurate and helpful. Do you also know how I can get a tax number.
Makasi !
Bill

I got bpjs around a year ago, ya im on kitap , no one asked me for a tax number , maybe things have changed now .

For your information:
There are 2 BPJS:
A) - BPJS Corporate
Need tax number, work permit, and the whole lot.

B) - BPJS Individual
Just need identity. Simple process.

On the above. Whether there are any differences on local residents or non-Indonesians, whom can apply either A or B.

I will just list out 2 very important arguments that you don't need BPJS, if you are a non-Indonesian.
- You are better served with a private insurance. Unless you are really concerned with insufficient means of finance and ill health, by all means having a BPJS is cheap in comparison and won't hurt. Just dont expect instant service or great service at this time.

- Having a tax number applied, if you havent gotten one now means -
You will be obliged to report your own tax submission every year, until the day you die or leave Indonesia. It will be a hassle.

Terima kasih. I am just looking for individual insurance not corporate, so if I do not need a tax # I will not apply for one. I will probably just apply for the individual insurance and see what happens. Thanks everyone for your help.

Bill, I know a number of expats who are on the National Health Plan and have used it with very satisfactory results here in Bali.

Perhaps in the area where enduringword has used it, his experiences were not so good.  Who knows, but here in Bali, the National Health Plan is quite popular with expats, including myself.

The BPJS Individual plan does in fact require a tax number for foreigners.  Or, at least that's the way it's administered in Bali. 

As for a tax number, you will find that foreigners are required to have one for a number of reasons beyond simple eligibility for the National Health Plan, and that will soon include bank accounts, VISAs, and auto registrations.  Every Regency in Bali has several tax offices, so depending on where you live in Bali, just ask any local. 

Avoiding a tax number these days, assuming you're here for more than just a few months, just doesn't make any sense, and filing the forms is no big deal either.

Hey Roy

Since a tax number will become more important in the future I may as well get one. And then whether or not BPJS requires one - I am covered either way. I plan on staying here in Bali so I may as well prepare for the future.

Thanks again
Bill

bpjs tax number , why have things changed in 1 year ???