1305 | Development of Computer Accounting Applications with Microsoft Excel VBA (Macro)
in The Preparation of Financial Statements of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMES)
Coconut Wood Furniture
Restika, 2018). The manual recording is also
carried out incompletely and not in
accordance with the Financial Accounting
Standards of Micro, Small, and Medium
Entities (SAK EMKM), so it cannot produce
complete and reliable financial statements
(Andarsari & Dura, 2018; Kurniasih et al.,
2013; Zulfikar et al., 2022). This will certainly
have an impact on the quality of
managerial decision-making (Yaftian et al.,
2017; Abbasi et al., 2014). In fact, it can also
result in mismanagement of resources
(Albuquerque et al., 2017; Uyar &
Güngörmüş, 2013). MSMEs, which are
medium-to-low-scale businesses, certainly
have to be careful in managing limited
business resources if they don't want to
experience losses considering the limited
capital funds owned. The problem of lack of
knowledge of accounting science and the
complexity of the accounting process
which is felt to only increase the burden, so
that accounting records are often ignored
by small and medium enterprises (Armitage
et al., 2016; Berthelot & Morrill, 2016).
Instead of being challenged to learn
accounting according to applicable
standards, small and medium enterprises
are increasingly less interested in
implementing accounting.
In order for MSME actors to record
accounting correctly, a system is needed
that can meet two main aspects of the
problem, namely the elements of benefit
and convenience. Microsoft excel is
believed to have fulfilled both elements.
Because this software is able to automate
accounting can be done quickly and
precisely, it is even much easier to operate.
When compared to other accounting
software such as Myob, Xero, and Zahir.
This application is certainly much cheaper
and more familiar eventhough manual
program is needed first with various
formulas and excel functions. Manual
formula creation can produce accounting
software that is in accordance with the
needs and characteristics of business
activities as well as the ability of MSME
actors as parties who will run the software
(Daspit & D’souza, 2017; Wu et al., 2017).
Moreover, excel with the visual basic for a
pplications (VBA) Macro feature which is a
feature used to develop according to user
needs. This is where the role of researchers
who not only analyze MSME problems, but
also solve the problems faced.
The selection of Microsoft Excel as a
software for accounting automation in
MSMEs is the right choice because this
application is easy to find on all computers
and is designed to help calculate, tabulate,
store, map, and compare data for current
and future reference. Microsoft Excel is also
a built-in application from Microsoft that is
included in every personal computer used
by the Indonesian people in general, which
turns out to have an additional editor
feature that makes it a number processing
application and accounting data processor.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Types of Research
This research is research and
developmentt (R&D). According to
(Sukmadinata, 2013), "Research and
development (R&D) is a process or steps to
develop a new product or perfect an
existing product, which can be accounted
for", while according to (Sugiyono, 2015),