Surya Adhi Candra
The Influence Of Organizational Culture And Work Environment On Employee
Performance Through Job Satisfaction In Pratama Tax Service Office Pasuruan 528
INTRODUCTION
Currently, both developed and developing countries have placed the tax sector as
an important part of state financing in addition to revenues from the natural resource
sector (Bawazier, 2018). In Indonesia, the tax sector is increasingly becoming the main
pillar of state revenue, this can be seen from the role of taxes in state revenues in 2018
which reached above 85% of the entire APBN. This makes the government spur its
efforts in order to maximize revenue from the tax sector.
Increasing state financing in the future will force the government to make
strategic plans and set high revenue targets (Akbar, 2015), because the government will
not want to continue to depend on dwindling natural resources and financing from debt,
either both domestic debt and foreign debt, which in the end will affect independence as a
nation. Tax according to Waluyo in (Lubis, 2019) explains that tax is a public
contribution to the state (which can be imposed), which is owed by those who are obliged
to pay it according to general regulations (laws) without getting performance back which
can be directly appointed and whose use is to finance general expenses in connection with
the duty of the state to administer the government.
According to Feldmann in the book De Over Heidsmiddelen Van Indonesia
(translation) states that tax is an achievement that is imposed unilaterally and is owed to
entrepreneurs (according to the norms that are generally set), without any contra-
achievement, and is solely used to cover general expenses (Aini, Hidayati, & Mawardi,
2018).
The Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) as a government institution in Indonesia
under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, is mandated to carry out its
task of securing state revenues from the tax sector in order to support a healthy APBN
and for the greatest prosperity of the people (Indonesia, 2009). Based on data sourced
from the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, tax revenues during the period
2014 to 2018 experienced a significant increase (Rahmiyanti & Prasetyo, 2020). Tax
revenue in 2014 amounted to Rp. 1,146.9 trillion, in 2015 of Rp. 1,240,4 trillion, in 2016
of Rp. 1,285.0 trillion, in 2016 of Rp. 1,472.7 trillion and in 2018 from the target of Rp.
1,618.1 trillion, revenue of Rp.1,315.9 trillion has been achieved, although the economic
condition is still sluggish.
This high revenue target will never be achieved if it is not accompanied by high
public participation and awareness as citizens (Pattinaja & Silooy, 2018). To increase
high participation from the community, more efforts are needed so that people can get to
know more about taxes (Oktaviani, 2011). To raise public awareness or better known as
taxpayers in paying taxes is not easy, requires extraordinary and sustainable efforts, and
these efforts can be started by creating trust and service satisfaction to the public or
taxpayers by providing convenience and providing a sense of comfortable in carrying out
tax obligations (Apriandhini & Wahyuni, n.d.).
To create service satisfaction to the community, several things are needed that
spearhead its implementation, namely reliable human resources (HR), a good system and
ideal regulations (Pratiwi, Warsono, & Sulandari, 2013). A good system and ideal
regulations without the support of reliable human resources (HR) will result in something
in vain. Therefore, the development of reliable human resources is the first and main
priority for the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) to achieve the goal of securing state
revenues as well as developing a good system and ideal regulations (Suwandoko, 2014).
Human resource development (HR) starts from the stages of employee recruitment,