Indonesia, June 18 -- Deputy Head of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Sonny Harmadi assured that the 2026 Economic Census has no connection with taxation interests, so the public does not need to be worried about answering questions from census officers.

"It has nothing to do with taxes. We ensure that data confidentiality is protected," he said here on Thursday.

Therefore, he said, the public is required to provide accurate data during the census implementation.

He noted that the 2026 Economic Census will not only collect data on business actors but also cover households.

Nationally, he said, there are 32 million business actors that will be covered by the census. In addition, he added, 289.3 million people from 95.3 million households wil...