Effectiveness of Tax Intensification Through The Examination in Efforts to Increase Value Added Tax Nurlela 1 , Iwan Kesuma Sihombing 2 {nurlela14juni@gmail.com 1 } 1,2 Politechnic LP3I Medan, Program Study of Accounting, Indonesia Abstract: The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the implementation of tax intensification through examination at Medan PoloniaTax Office for the period 2013 - 2017. The research site was in Medan PoloniaTax Office and the period of observalue-added taxion was from 2013 - 2017. The object of the research was intensification activities through examination. The type of research was a field study of the data collection techniques through observalue-added taxion, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis technique used was descriptive qualitative. Based on the results of the study, in 2013 the Medan Polonia Tax Office had a percentage that was included in the category quite sufficient for the effectiveness of tax intensification through examination from the realization of the tax audit order and had increased to more than 100% so that the category is very active. The tax intensification activity through the examination results of the issuance of Notice of Tax Underpayment Assessment in the effort to collect the value-added tax arrears was still below the target with the category ineffective for 2013-2014 and 2016 - 2017. Keywords: Effectiveness, Tax Intensification, Examination, Value Added Tax revenue 1. Introduction Value-added tax is a tax that is imposed on value-added that arises due to the use of factors of production of each company line. Every item and service will be subject to value-added tax unless otherwise stipulated by law. As a result, if the level of public consumption was higher, then the level of value-added tax became higher as well. Law no. 42 of 2009 stated that every transaction related to the delivery of taxable goods and taxable services must take into account value-added tax. (laws of the republic indonesia no.42 2009) the value-added tax has a significant role in the State Budget as a source of state revenue and has a substantial impact on the Indonesian economy. It can be seen from the consumption level of Indonesian people which from year to year experienced growth. Judging from the State Budget in 2013, the Financial Note and the State Budget in 2014 that state revenues derived from Value-Added Tax and Sales Tax on Luxury Goods amounted to Rp.423, 9 trillion. (Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia 2014 n.d.) The potential for value-added tax revenue will continue to increase along with the increase in trade and consumption of the Indonesian people. However, based on data from the minister of finance in 2016, the increase in value-added tax revenues in 2016 experienced a slowdown, the realization of income was only rp 412.205 trillion, it meant that the percentage rate of value-added tax receipts decreased by 2.8% compared to value-added tax receipts in 2015 amounting to rp. 423.710 trillion. while the amount of value-added tax revenue in 2015 compared to 2014 experienced an increase of 28.3%.(Ministry Of Finance Of The Republic Of Indonesia 2016) ICEMAB 2018, October 08-09, Medan, Indonesia Copyright © 2019 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.8-10-2018.2288713