Another national achievement has been snatched by students of the Accounting program at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Faculty of Economics and Business. Samuel Edwardo, third-year student, won first place in the Deloitte Tax Challenge competition and will represent Indonesia in the ASEAN Deloitte Tax Challenge in Kuala Lumpur, from February 25th-26th, 2016.
Meanwhile, a team consisting of Angela Yona Apriliani (Accounting 2012), Johannes Juan Hasiholan Simonangkir (Accounting 2012), Achmad Masyhadul Amin (Accounting 2012), and Karina Paramitha (Accounting 2012) placed second in the Team Category.
The Head of the Accounting Department at UGM, Mahfud Solihin, Ph.D., explained that the Deloitte Tax Challenge 2016 is the first tax competition organized by Deloitte Indonesia, one of the biggest public accounting offices. The competition is divided into two categories: Individual and Team.
The competition was started by selecting the documents submitted by participants. The successful participants will be invited to compete directly in the office of Deloitte Indonesia on January 13th, 2016,” Mahfud said, Tuesday (9/2).
The participants came from various universities, such as Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Bina Nusantara, Universitas Padjajaran, Trisakti School of Management, Universitas Brawijaya, and UGM. The participants faced tax cases related to Indonesia and the world. The task must be done in 3 hours. The result of the case discussion must be presented in PowerPoint or paper form. The participants had to present their analysis to 3 panelists, who are partners and directors of Deloitte Tax Solutions, for 10 minutes.
“From the elimination round, four individual participants and five team participants made it to the next round on February 3rd, 2016, in the office of Deloitte Indonesia Office in Jakarta,” he explained.
He said that the final competition was similar to the elimination round, but the discussion was limited to 1,5 hours. The presentation lasted 25 minutes, with 15 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes of Q&A. The panelists for the final round were Deloitte Indonesia’s Managing Partner, Senior Partner, and National Leader, Melisa Himawan, Firdaus Asikin, and Mr. Carlo Navarro.
“This proves that the Department of Accounting UGM is the best Accounting Department in Indonesia that deserves accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB),” he added.
Source: ugm.ac.id
