PT PMA · 4 min read
A useful setup quote identifies professional work, separate charges, company funding and what happens after incorporation.
Published by Komplia by JordanLegal
A PT PMA setup service fee is only one part of the budget for starting a business in Indonesia. Ask for an itemised scope that separates professional assistance, notarial work, government charges, supporting documents, premises and company funding. Comparing only the advertised headline price can hide differences in what will actually be delivered.
Komplia publishes its starting service fee on the PT PMA setup overview. The written quote confirms the applicable scope. Our service fee is not the company's capital, and it should not be treated as an all-inclusive cost of becoming operational.
| Budget line | Question to ask |
|---|---|
| Setup assistance | Which assessment, preparation and coordination tasks are included? |
| Separate professional and official charges | Which notary, government and third-party amounts are outside the service fee? |
| Supporting arrangements | Who handles translations, foreign documents and premises where needed? |
| Company funding and operations | What funding and operating budget must the business arrange independently? |
This is a budgeting framework, not a quotation or determination of your statutory investment requirements. Those requirements must be assessed against the proposed activities and structure. Indonesia's investment and OSS framework is addressed in Minister of Investment and Downstreaming/BKPM Regulation 5/2025, including its PMA provisions. A professional-service price cannot substitute for that assessment.
Explain what the business will do, who its customers will be, where it will operate and the proposed shareholder nationalities. A label such as “consulting” may not describe everything the business intends to sell. List distinct activities and any plans involving premises, employees or regulated operations.
For example, a business providing a remote service and a business operating a physical production site may need different assessments and supporting work. This is an illustration of scoping differences, not a statement that either business is automatically eligible or ready to operate.
Ask for the work sequence, company inputs, deliverables, exclusions and the point at which additional work requires a new quote. Identify who coordinates the notary and who supplies documents from overseas. If translations or legalisation may be needed, ask how those requirements and costs will be confirmed.
Timelines should state their assumptions. A date based on complete documents should not be read as a promise that missing records, third-party appointments or permit questions will resolve themselves. Request updates on unresolved dependencies instead of relying only on a single completion date.
Before setup work ends, identify the person who will retain company records and coordinate the next obligations. Ask whether the scope includes an initial compliance handover, a first report or ongoing assistance. Read our post-incorporation handover checklist to prepare that conversation.
Request a scoped setup quote with a short description of your activities, ownership, location and intended timing. Start with a summary; detailed documents can follow through an agreed channel. The first inquiry does not create an engagement or confirm that the proposed activity is permitted.
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See the serviceWritten 2026-09-12. Rules change — if you are reading this long after that date, confirm before you act on it.