JRSSEM 2022, Vol. 01, No. 8, 1086 1094
E-ISSN: 2807 - 6311, P-ISSN: 2807 - 6494
DOI : 10.36418/jrssem.v1i8.128 https://jrssem.publikasiindonesia.id/index.php/jrssem/index
INDONESIA’S NATIONAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY
THROUGH THE CONVENIENCE OF COMPANIES
ESTABLISHING OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES
IN THE JOB CREATION ACT
Putu Ayu Sriasih Wesna*
Warmadewa University, Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia
e-mail: ayuwesna@gmail.com
*Correspondence: ayuwesna@gmail.com
Submitted: 20 February 2022, Revised: 04 March 2022, Accepted: 15 March 2022
Abstract. Since the establishment of the Covid-19 virus as a pandemic, it has brought a huge
downturn in the national and global economy. Various efforts have been made by the Indonesian
government to increase economic growth so that Indonesia can avoid the economic crisis. The
Indonesian government in its various policies has created pro-community programs to accelerate
economic recovery. The aim is to provide convenience in the establishment of a limited liability
company which originally had to be established by at least two founders based on an agreement,
so that the establishment of a limited liability company called a limited liability company can now
be established by one person. by simply making a statement. The technique used in this research
is a systematic and interpretive descriptive-analytical technique, which describes the strengths and
weaknesses of a legal product being analyzed, and tries to find a relationship between the
formulation of a legal concept or legal argument between the articles contained. in the same legal
product. Based on the research results, the government encourages the development of micro and
small businesses as an effort to encourage the people's economy which can accelerate the recovery
of the national economy with the enactment of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation.
Keywords: economic recovery; private company; micro and small enterprises; job creation act.
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DOI : 10.36418/jrssem.v1i8.128 https://jrssem.publikasiindonesia.id/index.php/jrssem/index
INTRODUCTION
The Indonesian government has taken
various ways to empower micro-
enterprises to help people who have
experienced layoffs (PHK) and lost income
because their businesses have been
affected by the Covid-19 pandemic (Meyer,
Prescott, & Sheng, 2022); (Suwana, 2017).
The government issued a policy to
encourage the re-growth of micro and
small enterprises. For micro-enterprises,
the government, provides grants for start-
up businesses, as well as adding funds of
Revolving Fund Management Agency
(referred as LPDB) of Cooperatives and
MSME that can be used for low interest
loans for MSMEs. The government also
provides interest subsidies and facilitates
credit or financing requirements and
funding for MSMEs, including through the
People's Business Credit (referred as KUR)
(Amali & Pulukadang, 2018), as well as
providing loan repayment relief for MSMEs.
To encourage community economic
growth, the Government has enacted
several policies and laws and regulations,
one of which is Law Number 11 of 2020
concerning Job Creation. The National
Economic Recovery Program (PEN) is one
of a series of activities created by the
Government to reduce the impact of Covid-
19 on the economy (Bagchi, Chatterjee,
Ghosh, & Dandapat, 2020).. In addition to
focusing on handling the health crisis, the
Government is also running the PEN
program as a reaction to the decrease in
the level of community activity affected by
Covid 19, especially the informal sector and
MSMEs (Koloma, 2021).
The Job Creation Act is promulgated
with the hope that there will be job creation
in accordance with the objectives set out in
Article 3 letter a of the Job Creation Act.
Creating and increasing job opportunities
by providing financing facilities for MSMEs
as well as national industry and trade. It is
also hoped that this promulgation is an
effort to be able to absorb the widest
possible Indonesian workforce while still
paying attention to the balance and
progress between regions according to the
characteristics of each region. The Job
Creation Act was promulgated with the
hope of creating a new form of business
entity, in this case a legal entity other than
an existing legal entity, in order to increase
economic growth, namely to form an
individual company that can be established
with individuals. An individual company as
referred to in the Job Creation Act provides
facilities and conveniences for the
community in its establishment because it
does not require a notary deed and it is
enough just to make a statement as
regulated in government regulation
Number 8 of 2021 concerning the
Company's Authorized Capital and
Registration of Establishment, Changes ,
and the dissolution of a Company that
meets the Micro and Small Business Criteria
(Fianto, Gan, Hu, & Roudaki, 2018).
METHODS
This research is conducted using two
types of approaches: a statutory approach
and an analytical approach. A normative
juridical analysis generally places more
emphasis on the deductive method as the
main basis and the inductive method as the
supporting work procedure. The analysis of
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legal materials in this study includes
descriptive analysis, which is descriptive,
comparative, evaluative, and
argumentative (Diantha, 2016). The
technique used in this research is a
systematic and interpretive descriptive-
analytical technique, which describes the
shortcomings and advantages of a legal
product under analysis, as well as trying to
find the relationship between the
formulation of a legal concept or legal
proposition between articles contained in
the same legal product
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Form of Business Entity in Indonesia
The term "company" is a term that
replaces the term "trader" as regulated in
Articles 2 to 5 of the old. The term company
which replaces the term merchant has a
broader meaning. Many people used to run
companies in the sense according to S.
1938 No. 276, but not included in the
definition of a trader according to Article 2
of the KUHD.
According to the legislators, a company
is an act that is carried out uninterruptedly,
openly, in a certain position and to seek
profit (Pratama, Marsuni, & Ilyas, 2021).
Activities carried out with the intention of
making a profit include economic activities.
The formulations of the company definition
above are strengthened by many experts in
the field of Commercial Law or Business
Law, such as Sri Redjeki Hartono who stated
that economic activity is essentially an
activity of running a company, which is an
activity that implies that the activity in
question must be carried out (Nerio,
Olivero-Verbel, & Stashenko, 2010).
a.
Continuously in the sense of
uninterrupted;
b.
Openly in the sense of legal (not illegal);
and
c.
These activities are carried out in order
to gain profit, either for themselves or
for others.
There are various types of business
entities in Indonesia. Business entities are
divided into two broad categories, namely
business entities that are legal entities and
business entities that are not legal entities.
Business entities that are not legal entities
consist of Firm Partnerships (Cheshire,
2010), Limited Partnerships (CV), Private
Company, or Trading Businesses (referred
as UD). The business entities that are legal
entities are Limited Liability Companies (PT)
and Cooperatives. This type of business
entity in the legal system in Indonesia has
more strict regulations with separate laws
and regulations for each type of legal
entity.
Regulations regarding legal entities are
also regulated in the Civil Code. Basically,
Burgerlijk Wetboek (BW) does not regulate
the term legal entity. The term used
according to BW is Zedelijk Lichaam.
According to BW or the Civil Code, what is
meant by a legal entity or rechtspersoon is
a group of people who in legal traffic act as
if they are a single private entity or
corporation.
A partnership company can take the
form of a partnership or an entity that is not
a legal entity and a partnership/entity that
is a legal entity (Le Feuvre, Medway,
Warnaby, Ward, & Goatman, 2016). A
partnership company that is not a legal
entity is basically a company established
and owned by a private party. A partnership
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company that is not a legal entity is a
company in the form of a partnership or a
partnership that is carried out and owned
by two or more people, which can be in the
form of a Civil Partnership, Firm Partnership
(Fa) and Limited Partnership
(Commanditaire Vennootshaap
abbreviated CV). A partnership company
that is a legal entity is a partnership or
entity that can become a legal subject,
namely everything that can carry rights and
obligations. Things that can become legal
subjects are humans (natuurlijkpersoon)
and legal entities (rechts-persoon) (Noor,
2014).
Limited Liability Company (PT) is an
association or entity consisting of several
shareholders and has separate capital from
the assets of the owner or founder with
company assets, this company is
established based on an agreement and
carries out business activities with
authorized capital which is entirely divided
into shares and as complied with the
requirements stipulated by law. The
normative setting of the term Limited
Liability Company (PT) can be found in Law
Number 40 of 2007 concerning Limited
Liability Companies (PT), precisely in Article
1 paragraph (1), which states:
Limited Liability Company, hereinafter
referred to as a company, is a legal entity
which is a capital partnership, established
based on an agreement, conducting
business activities with authorized capital
which is entirely divided into shares and
fulfills the requirements stipulated in this
law and its implementing regulations.”
From the formulation described above,
the criteria can be given that a Limited
Liability Company (PT) is a legal entity
established on the basis of an agreement
and has separate assets from assets and its
capital consists of shares so that the liability
of shareholders is limited to a number of
shares they have put.
According to Satjipto Rahardjo, a legal
entity as a legal subject is the result of a
fictitious construction of a law which is then
accepted, treated and protected just as the
law provides protection for humans.
According to (Nam, 2020) legal doctrine, an
entity will be a legal entity if it meets the
following criteria or conditions:
1) There is a separate wealth
2) Have a specific purpose
3) Have their own interests, and
4) There is an organized organization.
Limited Liability Company (PT), also
known as Naamloze Vennootschaap (NV),
is a partnership to run a business whose
capital consists of shares, the owner of
which has as many shares as the shares it
owns. Because the capital consists of shares
that can be traded, changes in company
ownership can be made without the need
to dissolve the company. A limited liability
company is a forum for conducting
business activities (Al Mubaraki & Busler,
2011), which limits the liability of the capital
owner, which is the number of shares
owned. so that this form of business is
widely enjoyed, especially for companies
with large amounts of capital. Ease of
attracting funds from the public by selling
shares which is also an impetus to establish
a business entity in the form of a limited
liability company (Badriyah Rifai Amirudin,
Artikel Pendidikan Network).
The form of a limited liability company
is in great demand by the public because in
general a limited liability company has the
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ability to develop itself, is able to capitalize
on capital and is a potential vehicle for
profit both for the institution itself and for
its supporters (shareholders) (Supriyatin &
Herlina, 2020).
Of all business entities in Indonesia
such as Firms (Fa), Limited Partnerships
(CV), Cooperatives and so on, Limited
Liability Companies, hereinafter referred to
as Companies, are a form of business entity
with economic activity that receives the
highest portion of attention. Limited
Liability Company (PT) is the most preferred
form of economic activity at this time, in
addition to the limited liability, limited
liability companies also provide
convenience for the owners (shareholders)
to transfer the company (to everyone) by
selling all the shares they own at the
company.
In principle, the establishment of a
Limited Liability Company Based on Article
7 paragraph (1) of Law Number 40 of 2007
concerning Limited Liability Companies
(hereinafter referred to as the Limited
Liability Company Law), the establishment
of a Limited Liability Company (PT) must be
made up of 2 (two) or more persons. in the
form of an authentic deed in this case a
notarial deed. Furthermore, in Articles 32
and 33 of Law Number 40 of 2007
concerning Limited Liability Companies.
The establishment of a limited liability
company must have authorized capital,
issued capital and paid-up capital
contained in the articles of statute which
must be approved by the Minister of Law
and Human Rights. This business entity in
the form of a legal entity has a distinctive
character, namely the name of the Limited
Liability Company (PT) may not be the same
as or similar to other companies or the
same as the names of other well-known
companies, if the names are the same, the
approval will be rejected by the Minister.
Law and Human Rights. If the limited
liability company has not yet obtained the
status of a legal entity, then all the
companies, both founders, directors and
commissioners, are jointly and severally
responsible for a legal act and losses
suffered by the company.
Ease of Establishing Micro and Small
Business Individual Companies in
Supporting National Economic Recovery
Article 109 of Law Number 11 of 2020
concerning Job Creation which changes
several provisions in the Limited Liability
Company Law. One of the changes is
regarding the Company's capital. Before
being amended, Article 32 of the Limited
Liability Company Law regulates the
minimum authorized capital of the
company, namely Rp. 50,000,000,- (fifty
million rupiah) with a minimum of twenty
five percent of the authorized capital must
be issued and paid up as evidenced by a
valid proof of deposit. Meanwhile, after the
enactment of the Job Creation Act, it was
changed to that PT must have authorized
capital. The amount of authorized capital is
determined based on the decision of the
founder of PT. Basically there is no
minimum stipulation for the authorized
capital of PT, and the amount of the
authorized capital is left entirely to the
agreement of the founders of PT.
Furthermore, the Job Creation Act also
changes the provisions regarding the
conditions for the establishment of a PT,
which initially the establishment of a PT
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must be established by at least two people
based on an agreement by making an
authentic deed, but in the Job Creation Act
it changes this which is between Articles
153 and 154 inserted again one Article,
namely Article 153 A. The article stipulates
that a Company that meets the criteria for
Micro and Small Business can be
established by one person. The
establishment of a company/PT that meets
these criteria can be carried out without a
notarial deed, that is, it can be established
based on a statement of establishment
made in Indonesian.
In the implementing regulations, which
are regulated in Government Regulation
Number 8 of 2021 concerning Authorized
Capital of Companies and registration of
the Establishment, Change and Dissolution
of Companies that Meet the Criteria for
Micro and Small Businesses, the
government has provided convenience for
micro and small entrepreneurs to establish
companies that are legal entities, in this is
called a sole proprietorship. In this case,
those included in the category of micro and
small businesses are:
Micro business
Productive businesses owned by
individuals and/or individual business
entities, which have a business capital of up
to a maximum of Rp. 1,000,000,000 (one
billion rupiah), this does not include land
and buildings for business premises, or
annual sales proceeds of up to a maximum
of Rp. 2,000 .000,000,- (two billion rupiah).
Small business
As for what is referred to as a small
business, namely the first productive
economic business that stands alone,
established by an individual or business
entity that is not a subsidiary or not a
branch of a company that is owned,
controlled, or becomes a part, either
directly or indirectly, of a medium or large
business. . Second, having a business
capital of more than Rp. 1,000,000,000 (one
billion rupiah) up to a maximum of Rp.
5,000,000,000 (five billion rupiah). This does
not include land and buildings for business
premises. Third, annual sales of more than
IDR 2,000,000,000 (two billion rupiah) up to
a maximum of IDR 15,000,000 (fifteen
billion rupiah).
Business actors who meet the above
criteria can establish an individual company
with the following facilities:
1. Can be founded by 1 person.
2. An individual company can be
established by an Indonesian citizen
(“WNI”) who is at least 17 years old and
legally competent.
3. Elimination of costs for establishing a
legal entity.
4. Ease in the Procedure for the
Establishment of an Individual
Company.
5. The establishment of an individual
company is sufficient to make a
statement of establishment in
Indonesian language, which contains
the aims and objectives, business
activities, authorized capital, and other
information related to the
establishment of an individual
company.
6. The statement of establishment is
registered electronically to the Minister
of Law and Human Rights by filling in
the form.
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7. With respect to the registration of the
statement of establishment, the
Minister shall then issue a certificate of
statement of establishment
electronically.
8. The founder of an individual company
as the applicant can print the statement
of the individual company and the
certificate of the statement of
establishment using white paper size
F4/folio.
The Individual Company established by
one person must change its legal entity
status to a Limited Liability Company if it
meets the following criteria:
a. shareholder becomes more than 1
(one) person: and/or
b. does not meet the criteria for micro and
small businesses as regulated in the
provisions of the legislation regarding
micro and small businesses.
c. An individual company before
becoming a company is required to
change its status through a notarial
deed and be registered electronically
with the Minister.
d. The change in status is carried out in
accordance with the provisions of the
legislation regarding the Company, in
this case PT.
Individual companies, although they
can be established by one person as an
effort by the government to facilitate the
process of establishing a PT, are the same
as PT Shares of individual companies that
meet the UMK criteria, the number cannot
be single, but there must be more than one.
Because the principle of the PT remains as
a capital partnership. The number of shares
of more than one is also useful when the
UMK Individual Company turns into a PT
which is regulated by the Limited Liability
Company Law.
The organs in individual companies
contained in the Job Creation Act adhere to
the concept of a one-tier system, in which
the company is run by one organ, namely
the board of directors (board of directors).
In this case, the Director also carries out the
functions of management and supervision.
Whereas in a two-tier system, there is an
organ that performs the function of
managing the company, namely the board
of directors and there is an organ that
performs a supervisory function (board of
commissioners), as adopted by the
Company Law. Even though an individual
company adheres to a one-tier system, it is
possible to appoint a commissioner as the
company's supervisor if needed. In an
individual company, an individual who
meets the UMK criteria whose shareholder
is only one person, still has the GMS organ.
CONCLUSIONS
Based on the definitions of the one-tier
system and the two-tier system, if it is
related to the Limited Liability Company
Law prior to the enactment of the Job
Creation Act, then Indonesia uses the
principle of a two-tier system. This is
because in Indonesia the functions of
company management and supervision are
separated, which so far are known as the
Board of Directors and the Board of
Commissioners. In this case, the Board of
Directors is more authorized to carry out
the management of the company, while the
Board of Commissioners is more
responsible for supervising. Although there
is only one shareholder in the job creation
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law, shareholders can appoint other organs
as supervisory organs or commissioners, or
shareholders can act as management
organs or supervisory organs.
The enactment of the Job Creation Act
is expected to be a breakthrough for the
Government in cutting the length of
regulations in the establishment of limited
liability companies. Besides being expected
to improve the welfare of the community,
the Job Creation Act is believed to be able
to accelerate economic recovery. All these
facilities can be accessed by the public,
starting from the Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) and Cooperatives
sector. The job creation law will also make
it easier for micro and small business actors
(UMK) to speed up the licensing process by
registering online single submission (OSS),
because individual companies only need to
register an individual company to get an
individual company registration certificate
to be called a legal entity.
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