Rich Families Face Tax Audits as Indonesia Races to Plug Deficit

Indonesia is seeking to plug an unusually deep revenue shortfall before year-end by scrutinizing wealthy individuals and big businesses for extra tax payments.

As the country’s budget deficit projection edges toward a 3% gross domestic product cap, tax officials have stepped up scrutiny of the rich, summoning some to review their returns in an effort to boost collections in what has been an anemic year for receipts in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

Several people familiar with the situation said officials have recently told big firms run by local tycoons to pay additional dues this year. A few family businesses were ...