HUKUM MEMBAYAR ZAKAT DAN PAJAK BAGI UMAT ISLAM DI INDONESIA

Abstract

Zakat and taxes are two obligations that must be implemented by Muslims in Indonesia. This paper aims to examine the similarities and differences between zakat and taxes. Although both a liability in the field of property, but zakat and taxation both have own philosophy, and they vary in nature and principle, different source, target, and measure parts, and also different in the principles, objectives and guarantee. This paper also stressed that the people who pay taxes cannot be said to have paid the zakat, otherwise, those who have to pay zakat cannot be said to have paid the tax. However, if tax funds are used for things that are diametrically opposed to the values of Islam and the common good, and it has to be used for corruption etc, it is not obligatory for the Muslims of Indonesia to pay taxes.