Yuridika
Vol. 35 No. 1 (2020): Volume 35 No 1 January 2020

The Replacement of Criminal Fine in Criminal Taxation

Putri Ayu Wulandari (Kejaksaan Negeri Jakarta Barat)
Mochammad Zaidun (Fakultas Hukum Unair)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Oct 2019

Abstract

The absence of provisions regulating the substitution of criminal fines in the KUP Law, raises legal uncertainty for law enforcement officials, especially prosecutors in executing court decisions. Considering the recovery of state financial losses that can be resolved by the consistency of court decisions, so the provisions in the KUP Law must meet the legal principles in criminal fines in criminal taxation acts. By not clearly stipulated the substitution of criminal fines in the KUP Law raises legal uncertainty. While substituting criminal fines in the KUP Law is only in the form of imprisonment. In practice, there are several forms of court rulings, there are substituting criminal fines with imprisonment, substituting criminal fines with confiscation of assets then auctioned to pay underpayment taxes, substituting criminal fines with confiscation of assets then auctioned to pay underpayment taxes if the convicted person does not have property that is adequate then replaced with imprisonment. The formulation of the legal issues in this study are: (1) the philosophy of substituting criminal fines in criminal acts in the taxation field, (2) Characteristics of substitution of criminal fines in criminal acts in the taxation field. The results of this study are expected to have a conceptual and legal reforms related to substituting criminal fines in criminal acts in the taxation field, so as to ensure legal certainty, justice and benefit, then the replacement of criminal substitute fines in criminal acts in the taxation field must be included in court decisions and followed up with execution of court decision by the Prosecutor as the executor.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

YDK

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

The scope of Yuridika article concerns dogmatic legal studies, this is the procedure of scientific research to find the truth of the logic of the dogmatic legal studies, particulary in developing and emerging countries. These may include but are not limited to various field such as : 1 Criminal Law; ...