746 Jakpreneurs Join Workshop on Practical Ways to Record Business Money

The Jakarta Industry Trade Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (PPKUKM) Sub-agency is collaborating with Metask to hold a Workshop on Practical Ways to Record Business Money. There are as many as 746 members of Jakpreneur who attend in the workshop which takes place on June 23, 24, 25, 29, and 30.

Financial records are one of the most important things in a business, whether large or small

UKM Division Head, Elisabeth Ratu Rante Allo said that it was aimed at educating Jakpreneur about digital financial recording or bookkeeping of business transactions.

"Financial records are one of the most important things in a business, whether large or small. Through financial records, business actors can find out information on profits or losses, make business decisions, determine strategies for the future and various other benefits," she expressed, Tuesday (6/26).

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In today's digital era, she explained, there were various applications that could help and facilitate them, to manage business finances without the hassle of recording finances on a book or laptop, but simply via a smartphone.

"They are introduced to an application for financial recording and bookkeeping for various types of businesses, namely Warung Buku," she explained.

According to her, the material in the workshop was about the introduction of daily transaction recording or bookkeeping, the introduction of the Buku Warung application and assistance in operating its application.

"Previously they recorded manually in books, now we encourage them to use it to record financial reports every day," she stated.

She added that it had advantages and was an added value for SMEs. If the bookkeeping and financial reports of a business were good, it could convince banks or investors to provide access to capital to business actors.

"Bookkeeping is one of the requirements for business actors who will get capital and investors. Hopefully, the Jakpreneur's financial reports can be better thus they open up opportunities for access to capital and investors," she stated.