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This article is intended to find out how the Quantitative Easing model is implemented in Japan and the United States, how the Quantitative Easing model is applied by Bank Indonesia in 2020 to 2021, and how the Quantitative Easing arrangement is implemented by Bank Indonesia within the framework of Indonesian laws and regulations. This research was conducted using the juridical-normative method by reviewing the literature and the laws and regulations relating to Quantitative Easing in Indonesia. This article is written from research process that conducted by the method of normative-judicial approach. The results showed that Japan implemented Quantitative Easing more broadly by involving the Central Bank's monetary actions in the realm of interest rates and the purchase of securities in the public and private spheres. The United States has a narrower scope by only relying on the purchase of securities or bonds. In Indonesia, Bank Indonesia in 2020-2021 will implement Quantitative Easing to increase liquidity in the banking sector based on the authority given in Law No. 2 of 2020 which is more similar to the Japanese model. This model is known only to be regulated in Law No. 2 of 2020 specifically for handling the economic crisis due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

This article compares the corporate income tax cuts enacted by the Indonesian COVID-19 Relief Law and the US Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It investigates the correlation between the tax cuts in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, economic development, and share repurchases in the US. It seeks to identify appropriate limitations on share repurchases in Indonesia following the enactment of the COVID-19 Relief Law. This research was carried out using the juridical normative method by tracing the literature and laws concerning share repurchase arrangements in Indonesia and the US. The results show that there is a slight positive correlation between the reduction of corporate income tax and economic development in the US and that the US income tax cuts have caused significant growth in share repurchases. After the enactment of the Indonesian COVID-19 Relief Law, which also reduced corporate income taxes, Indonesia may be on the verge of extensive share repurchase activity, as occurred in the US. To tackle this problem, we recommend amending Law No. 40 of 2007 concerning limited liability companies to re-regulate the restriction on share repurchases.